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A stunned last workday became five months of slow travel

After raising four children and saving for eleven years, this couple stopped work in March 2024. Eighteen months later they described better health, an even stronger marriage and a long, unhurried journey through Britain and Ireland.

Finances
Investments at retirement2024-03-29 · Household
$1,500,000

Author’s stated FI/RE target/trigger; exact account breakdown totals slightly over $1.5M.

Source
Reported spending2025-10-07 · Household
Not established

Reports $50,000–60,000 annual expenses; later travel reply separately notes about $8,000 cruise costs outside the $5,000 monthly travel budget.

Source
Posts2
2024At departure
Post 01Recalled in 2025

Closing the laptop together

“On March 29, 2024, I closed my laptop for the last time.”

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Life at the time

  • Finished work after a negotiated three-month transition.
  • Celebrated with her husband, then sat quietly together.

How it felt

  • Felt stunned that they had finally achieved their plan. “We had done it.”
  • Savored a moment she says she will never forget. “just sat stunned”
TravelContentment
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Notes

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

Final departure paragraph

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2025Year 1.5
Post 02

An unhurried life on the road

“But that someday finally arrived, and I honestly didn’t know life could be this good.”

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Life at the time

  • Nears the end of five months exploring Britain and Ireland from monthly rentals.
  • Reads, cooks, hikes and plays tennis, using flexible time for slower travel.

How it felt

  • Feels freer and happier than she had imagined. “Still grateful, still in disbelief.”
  • Describes stronger marriage and continued gratitude without boredom. “My marriage is even stronger”
TravelContentment
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Notes

Dated publication describing current life.

Current-life sections

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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