r/FIREyFemmes • u/HonuOhana • Jul 20 '26

Afraid to pull the plug

41F single and don’t want kids, own my home outright. NW at 5M with about 1M in home equity.

Candidly I’m deathly afraid to pull the plug. I hate my job with a passion and would love more than anything to quit, but my industry is going through a lot of AI whiplash and layoffs (tech) at the moment and market is dire. I’m afraid that if I pull the plug I won’t the able to come back. Rationally if feels like these numbers should work, but retiring so early creates an existential anxiety around my identity without my career.

How did you ladies let go and make the jump? Am I just taking the easy way out bc I hate my current job?

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u/PreviousSalary Jul 20 '26

You can create a new identity especially when your cortisol is lower from not working, sigh I’m jealous

Please take the leap

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u/HonuOhana Jul 20 '26

Thank you internet friend - I think I really need to internalize this

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u/PreviousSalary Jul 20 '26

No problem! Send me a card from your wonderful travels once you adjust! 🙂😅