Partially Retired

Posted byDavid & Laura SpeerPosted inretirement, UncategorizedTags:, , , ,

We are both excited and terrified at the same time, its retirement time! 6 years of planning, multiple planning meetings, eating at home, packing lunches, working overtime for years, driving used cars, we have no cottage, no RVs, no 4 wheelers, using coupons, garage sale shopping, reviews of income, savings, planning.. plan some more and January 1, 2021 or original plan is almost here. David will delay ~35days after January 1st and retire the first week of February. I have already stopped working at so many clients, and should be down 30% on work January 1, 2021, then moving on and less work with the end of a contract March 30, 2021. Our only income will be my part time job at Ascension hospitals, a few Nuclear medicine facilities and our Physics education website. Almost time to celebrate. Next post will be all the people/nay sayers that have told us how wrong we are to retire at 52years old and how we responded.

Published by David & Laura Speer

Were a Metro Detroit, Michigan, couple – second marriages for both of us – and we dream of retiring early to Travel the World. Follow us while we try and figure out to raise our kids, and save to retire. David is a Robot Programmer, Laura is a Medical Physicist. We put our kids before ourselves for years, saved and ate at home and now after years of all this sacrifice and raising our kids - we are closing in on empty nesting, and we realized we have the opportunity to retire earlier than most and follow our dreams to travel the world. How are we going to do this? Well we have a lot of ideas, but lets see how it works out. Our original retirement date was January 1, 2021. We are reviewing the option of working another 3 years but prefer to keep the 2021 date, either way we will be retired by 55 years old - still trying to figure out how, but working toward our goal everyday, while enjoying each other and our blended family. Follow us to see what happens. All images on this blog are copyright (c)

24 thoughts on “Partially Retired”

  3. Hey. Congrats 🎉 on the early retirement. I am preparing. I am healthy and active 56. Next year changing careers for more money. I am researching states to build my 225 feet tiny house this is my gift to myself. For now I am down sizing and doing less spend.

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      1. hi, I had the pleasure of living for one month in a tiny house and it’s fits me fine. I am ready to live tiny, save money on expenses and get back to traveling. and yes, I will blog and Vlog once I start my journey. Happy holiday.

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      2. I had to look it up it was so interesting to me…Hephzibah or Hepzibah is a figure in the Books of Kings in the Bible. She was the wife of Hezekiah, King of Judah, and the mother of Manasseh of Judah. What a great name, now that I know more!

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