People
Selected life timeline 2023—2024

A three-month trial finally broke the work habit

After years of delaying departure, this IT worker agreed to try three months without another contract. Initial difficulty gave way to pleasure in games, cooking and self-directed learning, with family caregiving and small trips woven into a largely home-centered life.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2023-11 · Household
Not established

Departure balance not disclosed in reviewed passages.

Source
Posts2
2023At departure
Post 01Recalled in 2024

Trying life after the final contract

Life at the time

  • Finished the last part-time contract.
  • Joined an already-retired spouse in a three-month retirement trial.

How it felt

  • Doubted the ability to stop after always working. “I wasn’t sure I could actually do it”
  • Found the initial adjustment difficult. “It was hard at first”
Notes

The February2024 account explicitly recalls the final part-time contract ending in November2023 and a three-month retirement trial.

Opening retrospective

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

2024Year 0.25
Post 02

Home became an appealing center

Life at the time

  • Helped with elder care and a chronically ill relative.
  • Played games, learned cooking and explored a game engine.

How it felt

  • Loved choosing how to spend each day. “every day is Saturday”
  • Preferred modest trips and home life to exhausting constant travel. “It’s the best feeling in the world.”
Notes

Dated publication describing current life.

How I spend my days

Dated publication describing current life.

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

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 first moment documents the transition itself; the source gives much richer routine detail at three months.
  • No exact departure balance or age disclosed.
  • Author calls this fatFI/RE, but financial category is self-defined.
  • Selected public self-reports, not a complete archive or independent verification of finances.

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