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He escaped the night calls. Then had to give himself permission to relax.

u/lifeistoughasfuck’s first year restored sleep, exercise and evenings with family. The harder adjustment was internal: constructing an identity without a job and accepting that a calmer life was allowed. By year two, endurance events and ordinary contentment had replaced much of the urgency, although guilt still surfaced.

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Net worth at retirement2024-04 · Personal
Not established

No starting wealth figure established. Singapore context is retained without converting unspecified amounts into USD.

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2025Year 1
Post 01

The family gets the evenings back

“I gave myself a year to be purposefully bored, allowing myself to indulge in my whims and fancies. (This blog is one of them).”

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Life at the time

  • Had more family dinners, exercise and time to build a computer with a child.
  • Left space in the first year while rebuilding structure and identity.

How it felt

  • Deliberately allowed boredom instead of rushing into another packed calendar. “I gave myself a year to be purposefully bored”
  • Valued the time gained from leaving work. “I love the time.”
FamilyRecoveryIdentity
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Notes

Publication date at available precision. Retirement milestones follow the author’s own count; a missing milestone is not inferred.

Family dinners, exercise, no night calls and deliberate boredom.

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

2026Year 2
Post 02

Contentment starts to feel permissible

“Third, I feel safe and content.”

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Life at the time

  • Ran two half-marathons and made room for thinking and ordinary pleasures.
  • Let some creative plans pause as other interests took precedence.

How it felt

  • Was learning to relax without treating every change of plan as failure. “It’s all good, you can relax now.”
  • Felt safer and more content, although guilt still appeared. “Third, I feel safe and content.”
ContentmentSlowing downOutdoors
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Notes

Publication date at available precision. Retirement milestones follow the author’s own count; a missing milestone is not inferred.

Second-year reflections on safety, guilt, running and priorities.

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

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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.

  • The author continues active trading for income; leaving the previous job is not equivalent to receiving only passive investment income. No starting balance or age is inferred.
  • This is a selection of reviewed updates, not a complete account history. No later life outcome is inferred from the absence of another indexed post.

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