afterFI/RE Life after FI/RE
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Selected life timeline 2019—2026

Seven years without a job. A full life built around friends and bread.

u/Oracle_of_FI/RE has no dramatic reinvention to announce. Friends, board games, baking and time with aging parents have made retirement feel durable. The portfolio grew far beyond its starting balance, but the telling development is a weekly social life that no longer depends on the office. Seven years in, returning to work has no appeal.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2019-02-22 · Personal
$502,900

Reported starting assets excluding house and car, from the seven-year table.

Source
Posts2
2024Year 5
Post 01

An ordinary life holds up

“Everything is going great, still totally happy, never bored.”

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Life at the time

  • Kept regular time with friends five years after leaving work.
  • Considered living nearer friends and visiting aging parents more often.

How it felt

  • Reported sustained happiness without boredom. “Everything is going great, still totally happy, never bored.”
  • Ordinary contact with friends remained a reliable part of the week. “Still hanging out with friends on a weekly basis”
FriendsFamilyContentment
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Notes

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

Life update: friends, parents and future housing preferences.

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

2026Year 7
Post 02

Friendship becomes the routine

“I've made it about 8 times in the past two weeks, I wonder if my friends are getting sick of the pop-in bread deliveries yet.”

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Life at the time

  • Had weekly lunches, monthly dinners, games and a long road trip with a friend.
  • Baked bread and used deliveries as a reason to visit people.

How it felt

  • Had no wish to return to employment. “Never going back to work.”
  • Enjoyed small, repeatable ways of keeping friendships active. “I wonder if my friends are getting sick of the pop-in bread deliveries yet.”
FriendsCreativityRoutine
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Notes

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

Life update: road trip, bread deliveries, weekly lunches and monthly dinners.

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.

  • Two later milestones from a longer annual series are included. Spending figures exclude income taxes.
  • 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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