It’s been over two years since I retired myself from the Rat Race. It was a tough decision as I toiled with the safety blanket of employment while having to deal with the baggage that comes with it. Nonetheless, I made that tough choice and here I am today living the Dot Com Lifestyle! There isn’t much that I’ve regretted. I’ve had more time for myself, I’m not stressed, I can attend my weekly Dot Com Pho (even a Dot Com Whistler), I’ve travelled quite a bit compared to when I was employed, and the best part is that my job is now playing with cool tech toys full time!
Every so often, I do think back to what it would be like if I was still working for LD. I think about the good people I left behind, the camaraderie and the great discounts. But then I remember dealing with an incompetent assistant, listening to people bitch about how the piece of crap refurbished VCR they bought ate their daughters graduation tape, and how upper management was taking no responsibility for flushing the company down the hole, while creating a huge gaping hole in their relationship with the employees by making it clear that they thought they were better. I definitely made the right choice and I couldn’t be happier.
For my first retirement anniversary, I dealt with a bit of burn out. Going too fast and not pacing myself. I mean, with all the free time, what else was i going to do? Since then, I’ve learned to maintain a slower pace.
So what will my third anniversary bring? Hopefully more cool tech toys, continued growth of my sites, and more opportunities to travel to cool places and meet new people. Every day is a bit of an adventure and I hope to be here telling you about my 25th Anniversary one of these days.