What Did You Have For Dinner Tonight?

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Please do. I'm financially tied to my current life, for 2 more years. Long story short, I'll have my house and rental properties all paid off in 2 years, so I'll be ~financially independent~ then. If I don't want to work any more, I won't have to. I've worked SO hard at making this early retirement possible, that I refuse to come off of my game plan. Plus, 2 years will fly by....

Wow - quite a plan! Go for it. What's happening with me is that I finished the phD last last year and was completely broke and so just needed some full time work after years of part time work to start paying the bills and looki9ng for lectureships.. I got a School Administrators job that I'm really enjoying but have given myself two years there. Year 1 (which is almost finished - eek!) was to just enjoy having money and relax for a while while trying to get some stuff published and year 2... the job hunt is ON! Highly likel;y I'll be moving internationally since academia in the UK is worse than anywhere else. The US is a very strong possibility. If I haven't found anything in 18 months time I'm just moving - so I don't get stuck in the job I'm doing now since it's not what I trained and spent years working for.

Ok.. I've rambled on a little more than is normal for the "dinner" thread!