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Explore turning points, everyday joys and unexpected challenges after financial independence or retirement, with the date and original source for each account.

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A temporary CFO return clarified the value of her own time

Aug 2014Recalled in 2014

“I just can’t think of any.”

Sydney Lagier / Retired SydRead original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Wrote, volunteered and played piano after a thirty-year break.
  • Used home exchanges and helped working friends with meals and repairs.

How it felt

  • Enjoyed the conversation and support around her blog. “it was very fun”
  • Could think of no personal downside to early retirement when asked. “I just can’t think of any.”
WorkFreedomFriends
Sydney Lagier / Retired Syd
Read original postsavewithspp.com

Retiring from first careers opens a life overseas

Nov 2013Interview snapshot · published 2020-08

“We moved overseas so that we can be professionally engaged and yet do the things that we are interested in such as traveling, arts, entertainment.”

ESI Millionaire 197Read original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • After early retirement from their first jobs, the couple moved overseas to combine continued professional engagement with travel, arts and entertainment.

How it felt

  • They enjoyed the mix of work and leisure and were unsure that staying home without work would suit them. “We moved overseas so that we can be professionally engaged”
WorkTravelHome
ESI Millionaire 197
Read original postesimoney.com

A temporary CFO return clarified the value of her own time

2012Recalled in 2014

“it was really fun”

Sydney Lagier / Retired SydRead original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Accepted a part-time contract CFO role about three years after retiring.
  • After roughly a year, the role brought back responsibilities for others’ problems.

How it felt

  • Initially found the contract enjoyable. “it was really fun”
  • Then felt stressed and remembered wanting control over her time. “a little bit stressed”
WorkFreedomFriends
Sydney Lagier / Retired Syd
Read original postsavewithspp.com

Financial freedom kept opening doors to new kinds of work

Dec 2011Recalled in 2019

“strange living in a place”

Jacob Lund FiskerRead original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Sold the RV and moved from California to Chicago in seventeen days.
  • Accepted a finance role offered through a blog reader.

How it felt

  • Was eager to try work he had long wanted to explore. “easiest move ever”
  • Initially found a stationary, more spacious home strange after RV life. “strange living in a place”
CuriosityWorkSimplicity
Jacob Lund Fisker
Read original postgetrichslowly.org

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