A Redditor in the r/fatFIRE community has successfully achieved their retirement target number by 55, even doubling it. Despite this financial success, they feel pressured by colleagues to continue working, creating internal conflict. Their prior strict spending habits have shifted, contributing to anxiety about the decision to quit. The Redditor grapples with the paradox of reaching long-term financial independence but feeling uncertain about leaving their job for additional after-tax earnings. Ultimately, they express frustration in not being able to make the final leap towards retirement, even as their goal looms closer.
"The challenge here is that this Redditor is feeling pressure from the people in his office to stay, which should be a good problem, but instead, it's just causing more angst."
"Having hit double their number, their once 'highly-controlled' spending has now 'exploded,' which means they are feeling even more pressure as a result."
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