I'm retired! Today was my last shift.

[disneysteve]

I worked 9 am to 1 pm today and that was my last shift. I'm officially an employee through June 8 but I don't have any more work scheduled and don't plan to pick up again.

It was a little emotional walking out the door. I've loved this job and will miss the people and the activity but it's time to move on to the next phase of life.

They are having a party for me on June 9. I'm really looking forward to that.

[skives]

Congratulations!!!

[QuarterMillionMan]

Tremendous accomplishment.

[ua_guy]

All the feels. Congratulations on this last step of the career!

[kork13]

Congratulations, Steve!! The end of an era. I remember first "meeting" you over 15 years ago & you were in a small family practice that, looking back, was probably very draining. With your career change to urgent care, you're career turned around, and made your

You've always been a bedrock member of these forums, and now you're the embodiment of what we all aim for... Career satisfaction & a comfortable retirement at the time that's right for each individual ... Whether that's early in 40s or 50s, or later in your 70s.

Once again, congratulations Steve... And thank you.

[srblanco7]

Congratulations Steve! A capstone achievement and huge milestone. Enjoy your retirement.

[disneysteve]

Congratulations, Steve!! The end of an era. I remember first "meeting" you over 15 years ago & you were in a small family practice that, looking back, was probably very draining. With your career change to urgent care, you're career turned around, and made your

You've always been a bedrock member of these forums, and now you're the embodiment of what we all aim for... Career satisfaction & a comfortable retirement at the time that's right for each individual ... Whether that's early in 40s or 50s, or later in your 70s.

Once again, congratulations Steve... And thank you.

Thanks everyone.

Kork, you're so right. Private family practice was very draining. I wish I had made the move earlier, but urgent care was really just starting to take off back then. When I interviewed at my place, they had 4 locations and were getting ready to open a fifth. A few years in, we were up to 9, so they were hiring like crazy to staff everything. A few years earlier, around here at least, urgent care was barely a thing.

The past 8 years were definitely the best of my career, though I certainly could have done without a pandemic to deal with.

I'm retiring a couple months short of my 60th birthday so early by traditional measure but not super early like some of the serious FIRE folks who get out in their early 50s or 40s or even younger. My family had a good friend and client of my dad's who continued to practice (on a very limited basis) until he died in his early 90s. I have several colleagues at urgent care who are in their late 60s. One is saying he will retire at 70. I'll believe that when I see it. The other doesn't really seem interested in leaving yet. He is also a former family doc so I totally understand that he probably enjoys urgent care as much as I do and can see himself doing it for a lot longer where if he had stayed in family practice he probably would have retired by now. Plus he always has the option to do what I did and drop to part time or per diem.

When we met with our CFP in 2021, our portfolio was $3.2 million and he gave us a 100% success rate if I retired at 60 and 99% if I retired immediately then in November 2021. Now it's almost 3 years later and our portfolio has grown to $3.7 million so I think we will manage just fine.

[jenn_jenn]

Congrats disneysteve! Happy retirement!!

[bjl584]

Congrats.

[myrdale]

Good job.

[bjl584]

Thanks everyone.

Kork, you're so right. Private family practice was very draining. I wish I had made the move earlier, but urgent care was really just starting to take off back then. When I interviewed at my place, they had 4 locations and were getting ready to open a fifth. A few years in, we were up to 9, so they were hiring like crazy to staff everything. A few years earlier, around here at least, urgent care was barely a thing.

The past 8 years were definitely the best of my career, though I certainly could have done without a pandemic to deal with.

I'm retiring a couple months short of my 60th birthday so early by traditional measure but not super early like some of the serious FIRE folks who get out in their early 50s or 40s or even younger. My family had a good friend and client of my dad's who continued to practice (on a very limited basis) until he died in his early 90s. I have several colleagues at urgent care who are in their late 60s. One is saying he will retire at 70. I'll believe that when I see it. The other doesn't really seem interested in leaving yet. He is also a former family doc so I totally understand that he probably enjoys urgent care as much as I do and can see himself doing it for a lot longer where if he had stayed in family practice he probably would have retired by now. Plus he always has the option to do what I did and drop to part time or per diem.

When we met with our CFP in 2021, our portfolio was $3.2 million and he gave us a 100% success rate if I retired at 60 and 99% if I retired immediately then in November 2021. Now it's almost 3 years later and our portfolio has grown to $3.7 million so I think we will manage just fine.

Would not have receiving your cousin's inheritance changed any of your numbers or caused you to work longer? Or was it just icing on the cake?

[disneysteve]

Would not have receiving your cousin's inheritance changed any of your numbers or caused you to work longer? Or was it just icing on the cake?

Without the inheritance I would have stayed full time longer rather than going part time in 2021. I haven’t run the numbers but 3 more years of full time would have landed us in roughly the same place. So retirement probably would have been at the same time but I wouldn’t have gotten to enjoy the lighter schedule I’ve had the past 3 years.

[james.hendrickson]

Congratulations Disneysteve, you earned your retirement for sure.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Yay congratulations. That's amazing

[Fishindude77]

Congrats !