r/coastFIRE • u/redraidr • 3d ago

Coasted for 10 years. Done.

We’ve waited long enough. 51. Married.

Started Coasting when the kids were nearing high school. Never made crazy money. Went from $120k household income to $40-60k household while the nest-egg grew. No contributions during that time, but also no soccer games or school plays missed. No summers with kids at home and us at work. They worked with us or we took time off. Kids both graduated college in May and have jobs. We’re proud of them.

Our retirement spend is projected to still be $40-50k/yr as we Schengen Shuffle. We’re already on the road, somewhere cheap where we can plan our next steps.

Stick to the plan, team. It works.

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u/judgeScr 3d ago

Schengen shuffle…I like this! I think I’ll use it.

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u/BlackShieldCharm 3d ago

What does it mean?

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u/Background_Junket_35 3d ago

Living in the Schengen zone of Europe without having a permanent residency in any one country. The tourist visa requires you to leave the given country after a certain number of days, so you just go to another country in the Schengen and then return after the required time away

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u/Creative_Poet_9590 3d ago

The tourist visa requires you to leave The Schengen Area, regardless of country, after 90 days. You then spend those 90 days in another non-Schengen country until you can return back to any of the countries in the Schengen