u/Either-Inspection-66

Hi all, I just became a recent parent (30yo) and would love to hear your opinion and views on how having children has changed your FIRE horizon and ways you try to manage it. Could be a change in your own lifestyle or even just a change in perception.

I once heard a friend said that each kid delays the parents' retirement by 10 years. Of course it's just a generic statement.

For myself the immediate impact I have felt thus far are

1. I tend to leave work on time nowadays, whereas I used to OT and join networking sessions before. Now it is too early to see any impact on career.

2. Expenses are higher now I have a baby - hospital delivery, baby products, perishables

3. Infant care coming soon, and even though we will choose government or POP schools, it will still take about $900 per month

While my family is okay managing these increases, and the baby has brought us so much happiness and gelled our parents/in-laws together, sometimes I do think about how my retirement plans will be affected. Considering I will probably try to have one more kid in the near future.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts!

Hi all! Just wanted to ask if any of you felt that a particular job switch was the right decision at the time, and as time slowly passes in the new company, you kind of low-key regret it?

Could be that you wished you had stayed in your old job or maybe switched to another job instead?

For my case I jumped job for a 22% base salary increment but after staying in the job for 3 years now I got an average of 2.5% increment each year.

At that point of jumping I was probably ahead of my peers but after 3 years all of them are getting a total compensation that is 30% higher than mine. Nonetheless, I am still grateful for the new job as the people are really nice and the work tempo is pretty good.

Interested to hear other stories too!