I’m well past my FIRE goal at 45 and dont need another penny based on my average expenses, 4% inflation baked in for 5 decades. I just don’t want to relinquish the business I’ve built for 17 years. Not just because I love the vast majority of my employees but also selfishly I dont think anyone else deserves to take over a completely healthy business is great margins.

Ironically is the fact that I got physically healthy the last two years that makes me wanna stay around. I have allowed myself 8 weeks out of the office annually for the last couple years and 4 of them is completely dark no phone no email. Two years ago I was entertaining the typical buyout offers from private equity and now I block the people sending them. I dont know what to do. Most of me just wants to push to 55 and close it. Some of me wants the payday. Very little of me wants to stop working.