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Selected life timeline 2022—2023

An empty Tuesday gradually stopped feeling like failure

After leaving tech with substantial assets, this retiree enjoyed spontaneous availability but struggled with empty space despite hobbies, travel and consulting. Over the first year, financial buffers and a looser idea of productivity helped make that freedom easier to enjoy.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2022-03-21 · Household
Not established

Author describes low eight figures, without an exact balance.

Source
Reported spending2023-03-21 · Household
Not established

Reports $275,000–300,000 withdrawal/spending range and a 2.5% withdrawal rate.

Source
Posts2
2022
Post 01Recalled in 2023

Busy interests, uneasy gaps

“TBH, I had a lot of internal anguish about this, feeling lazy or just listless, but as time has gone on I’ve come to terms with it by acknowledging that every single day in my corporate life was equally if not significantly more pointless.”

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Life at the time

  • Took on a major hobby, more travel, volunteering and a side business.
  • Accepted some consulting work yet still encountered empty weekday afternoons.

How it felt

  • Felt lazy or listless during the gaps. “a lot of internal anguish”
  • Found adapting to freedom harder than expected. “feeling lazy or just listless”
FreedomRoutine
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Notes

Explicit retrospective in dated source; year approximate from stated elapsed years.

Surprise 3, explicit early adjustment

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

2023Year 1
Post 02

Learning to leave room

“Over time I’m enjoying this freedom more, but the surprise is how big of an adjustment it’s been.”

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Life at the time

  • Can accept spontaneous golf, ski trips and coffee invitations.
  • Checks the budget monthly and net worth twice yearly.

How it felt

  • Enjoys the freedom more as time passes. “Over time I’m enjoying this freedom more”
  • Feels little financial anxiety with room in the budget. “rarely thinking about money”
FreedomRoutine
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Notes

Dated publication describing current life.

Surprises 2–4

Dated publication describing current life.

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.

  • Public self-report; no independently verified finances or later developments.
  • Selected public self-reports, not a complete archive or independent verification of finances.

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