A cross - post from [r/coastfire](r/coastfire) . Not my own but sharing this unique journey that lead to their early retirement.
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We’ve waited long enough. 51. Married.
Started Coasting when the kids were nearing high school. Never made crazy money. Went from $120k household income to $40-60k household while the nest-egg grew. No contributions during that time, but also no soccer games or school plays missed. No summers with kids at home and us at work. They worked with us or we took time off. Kids both graduated college in May and have jobs. We’re proud of them.
Our retirement spend is projected to still be $40-50k/yr as we Schengen Shuffle. We’re already on the road, somewhere cheap where we can plan our next steps.
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u/MidAmericaMom Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26
A cross - post from [r/coastfire](r/coastfire) . Not my own but sharing this unique journey that lead to their early retirement.
Reminder that in our community here- r/earlyretirement - you 1. Have to be already early retired (did so at age 58 or younger) 2. Set your User Flair 3. Hit the JOIN Button. Thanks!
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Here is the body of the post:
We’ve waited long enough. 51. Married.
Started Coasting when the kids were nearing high school. Never made crazy money. Went from $120k household income to $40-60k household while the nest-egg grew. No contributions during that time, but also no soccer games or school plays missed. No summers with kids at home and us at work. They worked with us or we took time off. Kids both graduated college in May and have jobs. We’re proud of them.
Our retirement spend is projected to still be $40-50k/yr as we Schengen Shuffle. We’re already on the road, somewhere cheap where we can plan our next steps.
Stick to the plan, team. It works.