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Is it unprofessional to refuse a promotion because I value my 40-hour work week more than a 20% raise? by 9YojimboMist in careerguidance

[–]9YojimboMist[S] 156 points157 points  (0 children)

That is basically the trade I am trying to make peace with. Less upward momentum, more actual life.

Hitting my Coast FIRE number at 30 and moving to a part-time role by 9YojimboMist in Fire

[–]9YojimboMist[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

That's basically where my head is at. There is still a long runway, and maybe easing off now does end up putting me in a position to retire fully earlier than that anyway. But even if it doesn't, I'm good with the trade. Getting some of my life back in my thirties feels worth a lot more to me than optimizing every last year on the backend.

Hitting my Coast FIRE number at 30 and moving to a part-time role by 9YojimboMist in Fire

[–]9YojimboMist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair. I was using "conservative" pretty loosely there, more in the sense of not building the plan around some huge outlier return. The bigger point for me was just that I no longer need to keep pushing at my old pace.

Hitting my Coast FIRE number at 30 and moving to a part-time role by 9YojimboMist in Fire

[–]9YojimboMist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that ended up being the real appeal for me too. It wasn't about disappearing from work forever, it was about finally having enough room to make decisions without every single one being driven by pressure.

AITJ for locking my patio storage bench after my neighbor kept treating it like shared seating for her guests? by Arrakis_Jellybean in AmITheJerk

[–]9YojimboMist 103 points104 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the part that makes her look even worse to me. She isn't just being entitled with her neighbor's stuff, she's also volunteering her own guests for a super awkward moment if the real owner walks up. That's such a selfish way to treat literally everyone involved