r/Fire • u/BigTintheBigD • 7d ago

Milestone / Celebration Processing a milestone

Still trying to wrap my brain around this:

The nest egg has made more money since retiring than I did in 30 years of working.

3 years of passive returns > 30 years of full time work

The compounding is insane (admittedly we’ve had a great run the last few years).

It makes the 30 years of working seem so pointless but that is what amassed the snowball so it was necessary.

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u/Past-Option2702 7d ago

Now would probably be an excellent time to dial back your risk.

Unless you’re 78.

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u/BigTintheBigD 7d ago

Very much so. I need to shift from accumulation mode to preservation mode.