In 2012, two months before my 35th birthday, I engineered my layoff from a 13-year career in investment banking. At the time, it felt like the riskiest thing I had ever done. Was I really going to blow up my career right as my earning power was about to compound?
It did not seem wise. And if I could do it over again, I probably would have worked five more years until 40 to save and invest more. To extend the torture, I would have pushed harder to relocate to another city and turn the last stretch into an adventure.
But now that I’m 14 years into FIRE and almost 50, I’ve had a change of heart. Retiring at 35 is not nearly as risky as it feels…
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