retiring ahead of schedule

When Loyalists Contemplate Quitting

By Tanja Hester on January 25, 2017 • ( 88 Comments )

Thanks to some recurring power outages, we’ve had a lot of time lately to talk about what’s on our minds. And something that keeps coming up a lot is anxiety about what it will be like when we quit — not our post-work life, but the actual act of quitting itself. We know this feels tougher to us because we’ve been in our jobs a long time and are invested in them. Today: When loyalists contemplate quitting.

What If We Retired Today? // Almost Year-End Progress Check-In

By Tanja Hester on November 28, 2016 • ( 112 Comments )

This is both an exciting time and an anxious time for us — exciting because we’re so close to achieving our biggest life goal, and anxious because of all the uncertainty the election put on early retirees. Add to that our ongoing work stress, and it all has us wondering what would happen if we retired today. Today, we explore that thought experiment.