Hi everyone,
I’m 27F and feel like I’ve had this weird feeling flood over me since having a daughter a year ago, like my priorities have shifted. I used to be extremely FIRE focused (and still am), but I’m starting to think I’m fixated on the wrong things.
At this point, my husband and I are debt free and have about $250k in investments, $25k in cash, and $100k in home equity. We consistently max out all of our retirement funds ($60k/year) and put an additional maybe $15-$20k away a year.
I am the main breadwinner with a job that offers a lot of flexibility (anesthesia assistant). I could realistically make 130k+ working part time at 32 hours a week (no call/weekends/holidays), bringing our salary to about $170k and still allowing us to max our retirement accounts but wouldn’t allow for any additional saving. This would allow ample time to spend with my daughter and family, which I feel is the most important thing in my life.
At the same time, I’m young - at 27, these are really the years to shovel money into retirement accounts and not necessarily the time to work part time. But then I also feel like what’s the point of retiring at 40-45 when I could enjoy my youth and baby girl now. What would you do? Thanks for the insight!
Submitted July 25, 2022 at 11:11PM by anesthesiagirl95 https://ift.tt/1HOcRWK
