tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654303930129608743.post3852215229887465759..comments2024-03-22T15:04:41.999-05:00Comments on Table for One: Happiness on the Path to FIRESolitary Diner (Also Known as The Frugalish Physician)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01239189582752445700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654303930129608743.post-39902184198903751422017-08-13T23:21:52.473-05:002017-08-13T23:21:52.473-05:00I do enjoy being a teacher. Most years, I enjoy s...I do enjoy being a teacher. Most years, I enjoy summer and am ready to head back. Tho not this year, but I had a particularly awful summer full of brand new baby (great but stressful), moving, and my mother passing away. I don't know how people who only get two weeks of vacation a year handle it. I couldn't do it.pennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727291511829658991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654303930129608743.post-80648288615623366992017-08-13T10:57:18.879-05:002017-08-13T10:57:18.879-05:00Thanks! Thanks! Solitary Diner (Also Known as The Frugalish Physician)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01239189582752445700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654303930129608743.post-65324026465566673012017-08-13T04:53:34.744-05:002017-08-13T04:53:34.744-05:00So wise of you.. enjoy your life & the reprodu...So wise of you.. enjoy your life & the reproductivity will increase.. wish you happiness Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866795720392988416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654303930129608743.post-26480530126118559112017-07-28T08:28:35.026-05:002017-07-28T08:28:35.026-05:00I'm envious of you for working at a school! A...I'm envious of you for working at a school! As a student, I used to do really well with the intense work of the school year balanced out by an extended summer break. Even when I worked in the summer, it felt like a vacation, as it was much less time- and thought-intense than the school year.<br /><br />I am definitely considering working part-time in the future. I am lucky to have a fairly flexible position, so I could cut down to 3-4 days per week without too much difficulty, and it would probably be a good way to transition into retirement. I am hoping to have a long period of FI where I could stop working but choose not to, both because I would like to have a good cushion for retirement and because I've invested a lot of time into my training and want to make the most of it. We'll see how it goes in another 10 years or so!Solitary Diner (Also Known as The Frugalish Physician)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01239189582752445700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654303930129608743.post-33588580257520042792017-07-28T00:13:37.827-05:002017-07-28T00:13:37.827-05:00I love vacations. I teach at a boarding school, a...I love vacations. I teach at a boarding school, and our vacations keep me sane. The pace of life here is completely hectic during the school year.<br /><br />Instead of pushing for FIRE, I'm aiming for enjoying life to the fullest and using my money to ease stress during work times and enjoy the vacation times. For you . . . would you be able to back off on your work hours once you get closer to FIRE? I suppose that would be more like FI where you don't have to work but choose to work. Do you consider that, or would you prefer to just retire? For me, I enjoy the structure that work brings, but I'd love to be able to work part time instead of full time.pennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727291511829658991noreply@blogger.com