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Selected life timeline 2018—2019

He could choose his projects. Their shared adventures were still on hold.

A layoff became permission to stop searching for the next consulting job. Unpaid projects and creativity suited him, but having a working spouse left their larger plans in a stressful waiting period.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2019-04-19 · Household
Not established

A comparable departure-date net worth was not established in the reviewed sources.

Source
Reported investments2019-04-19 · Household
$2,800,000

About $2.8 million accumulated for retirement, reported nine months after departure while his wife still worked; not a departure-date valuation.

Source
Posts2
2018
Post 01Recalled in 2019

Choosing a different relationship to work

“I was actually done”

ESI Retiree 5Read original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Familiarity with working at home eased the transition.
  • He sought small projects without requiring payment.

How it felt

  • Ending the search for another job felt freeing. “I was actually done”
  • Earlier gaps between jobs had made solitude familiar. “The really freeing thing”
PartnersCreativityFreedom
ESI Retiree 5 (opens in a new tab)
Notes

Earlier period recalled in the account published 2019-04-19; this is not a separately published contemporary update.

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: I was actually done

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: The really freeing thing

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

2019Year 0.75
Post 02

Waiting for a shared next chapter

“I feel like I’m in limbo”

ESI Retiree 5Read original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Writing, pro bono consulting and household tasks shaped his days.
  • Travel and an overseas move remained plans for after his wife stopped working.

How it felt

  • Creative interests were returning. “I feel like I’m in limbo”
  • He felt guilty about adventures she could not share. “a part of me feels guilty”
PartnersCreativityFreedom
ESI Retiree 5 (opens in a new tab)
Notes

Dated first-person reflection; the observation date follows the interview month where stated, which can precede publication.

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: I feel like I’m in limbo

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: a part of me feels guilty

Retirement overview and reported duration.

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

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Writing, pro bono consulting and household tasks shaped his days. Travel and an overseas move remained plans for after his wife stopped working.

Research

Last checked Sep 2026. The accounts are self-reported. This timeline follows selected accounts, including recollections where labeled; it is not a complete archive.

  • These are selected first-person accounts, not a complete life history. Later circumstances may differ.
  • Financial figures and household circumstances are self-reported and are not independently verified.
  • The first moment is a retrospective account of an earlier period, except where explicitly identified as a reproduced journal entry.
  • An exact age at final departure was not established; an age reported later is not substituted.

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