Realistically, once everything is settled from the estate, we will have enough to for me to retire, but I'm thinking about taking an in-between step first and cutting back to part time.
The biggest advantage of doing so would be keeping health insurance.
ACA coverage would be 28K/yr with the subsidy or over 40K without.
Employer plan would be 8K as a part timer. That's a huge difference, even if I only do it for a year or so.
Income-wise, my take home would be about 92K. Our spending is in the 80K range, so even on the part time income, we'd be able to cover all routine spending with about 12K to spare, and that still includes contributing 13% to my 401k.
I think if I could do that for a year, it would allow our nest egg to fatten up a bit (hopefully) and have to last one less year of retirement. It would put me on a 3-day work week instead of my current 4 days so we'd have more free time to enjoy life. Who knows? I might even find that with the lighter schedule, I wouldn't mind continuing to work a little longer. Or I could cut back further to 20 hours (instead of 24). Or alternatively, I may realize that nope, even PT is more than I want, and then I'll fully retire at that point.
Other than walking away from the higher income, I really can't think of any downside to doing it.
Thoughts?
The biggest advantage of doing so would be keeping health insurance.
ACA coverage would be 28K/yr with the subsidy or over 40K without.
Employer plan would be 8K as a part timer. That's a huge difference, even if I only do it for a year or so.
Income-wise, my take home would be about 92K. Our spending is in the 80K range, so even on the part time income, we'd be able to cover all routine spending with about 12K to spare, and that still includes contributing 13% to my 401k.
I think if I could do that for a year, it would allow our nest egg to fatten up a bit (hopefully) and have to last one less year of retirement. It would put me on a 3-day work week instead of my current 4 days so we'd have more free time to enjoy life. Who knows? I might even find that with the lighter schedule, I wouldn't mind continuing to work a little longer. Or I could cut back further to 20 hours (instead of 24). Or alternatively, I may realize that nope, even PT is more than I want, and then I'll fully retire at that point.
Other than walking away from the higher income, I really can't think of any downside to doing it.
Thoughts?
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