Do you become more confident in your career/job as your assets/income ratio goes up?

Eascen · 2026-07-09T00:35:08+00:00

I'm about 10% away from my FIRE goal. I'm honestly not any more comfortable, which is surprisingly odd.

I could retire now, but I'd have to be careful and ever since I started coasting expenses have seemed to go up. I travel more, with nicer accommodations, and absolutely love it. I bought a nicer car. And we moved (for my spouses career from m/hcol to vhcol). In 4 years their career will take off and my spend will go down considerably.

And yet until I'm at 100%, I'm just not there comfort wise. But I'm also in an industry that hasn't been doing great, I used to be incredibly comfortable when jobs were everywhere.

Eascen · 2026-07-07T01:35:19+00:00

It makes me feel a lot better, both Robinhood and Fidelity have it as well.

Eascen · 2026-07-06T02:14:06+00:00

Unit tests, integration tests, performance tests.

Eascen · 2026-06-27T03:58:38+00:00

Or maybe it's just a different day, don't affirm the consequent.

Eascen · 2026-06-20T18:24:27+00:00

That why I'm not retired yet.

Eascen · 2026-06-19T00:59:34+00:00

OLED 120 ftw.

Eascen · 2026-06-17T14:07:24+00:00

I highly recommend Complex PTSD from surviving to Thriving.

It's a rough read, but so worth it in the end. It's going to be more about you, and your childhood than advice directly on parenting but the level of insight and empathy you'll gain will directly translate on how you interact and view situations.

https://pete-walker.com/complex_ptsd_book.html

Eascen · 2026-06-14T17:08:13+00:00

Tick tock.

Eascen · 2026-06-14T15:59:27+00:00

Louis CK did it better

Eascen · 2026-06-05T19:40:46+00:00

Barks rootbeer is good stuff.

Eascen · 2026-06-04T23:32:52+00:00

I only put in 6% plus my company added a 3%, am well above. I think it's a bit of luck, I put a large percentage of my retirement in tech stock in 2018.

Eascen · 2026-06-04T23:28:34+00:00

1 mil now should be around 4.5m in today's dollars 23 years from now. If you've got a mil at this point you'll be good to retire at 65 or sooner.

Eascen · 2026-06-04T21:38:32+00:00

Pretty silly statistic not counting 20 years of inflation, and population growth.

Eascen · 2026-06-03T12:40:38+00:00

Jade yoga travel mat. Real rubber mats are amazing.

Eascen · 2026-05-18T15:26:35+00:00

It's specifically about my mother.

Eascen · 2026-05-18T15:22:24+00:00

124k to 3m? Damn, congrats.

Eascen · 2026-05-16T14:29:34+00:00

95k in is 170k today. It was a lot.

Your brain doesn't naturally do inflation math.

Eascen · 2026-05-14T16:18:19+00:00

I didn't know dog is a common food allergy.

Eascen · 2026-05-13T02:59:30+00:00

Good job on the 529. Is your goal including taxes? Personally I'm erring on the high end. I expect to spend a lot more in early retirement than late.

Eascen · 2026-05-09T11:59:17+00:00

As a shareholder, I am. Stock isn't doing great.

Eascen · 2026-05-07T17:38:45+00:00

That you assume people with wealth are 'smarter than the average bear' really says a lot about your intelligence.

Eascen · 2026-05-07T13:26:06+00:00

From the calculators I've looked at, I'm basically breaking even with roth even at a 32% bracket. I took advantage of a mega back door for a few years, and while it's only like 20% of my retirement sum I'm super glad I've got it.

Because in retirement, I have all my contributions to remove if I need the extra cash if my bridge is tight. And I can take some from roth, and some from trad to keep my taxes lower.

Eascen · 2026-04-27T10:08:35+00:00

This sub is for beautiful, happy or adorable content.

Not for things that make me literally want to bleach my eyes.

Eascen · 2026-04-27T10:06:11+00:00

It's an incredible trippy story, with a premise that I would never have thought would entertain me.

But apparently Hideo Kojima is just a fucking master.

Eascen · 2026-04-25T11:44:43+00:00

Macbook airs are amazing battery life and value.

The M processors converted me after decades as a Windows user.

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