Sounds like you're where I'll be in a few years. I figured the "treadmill of spending" would be the hardest part. At the end of every year I look at my expenses

Sounds like you're where I'll be in a few years. I figured the "treadmill of spending" would be the hardest part. At the end of every year I look at my expenses and say to myself, "Well, I wouldn't have gone out to eat twice a week and taken four vacations and bought that new mountain bike if I was retired." Every year there's about $10-20k of spending that I naively try to convince myself "I wouldn't do if I was retired" but hearing you say it makes me realize I'm full of BS. Thanks for the reassurance. :) I've been writing software for 40 years, for fun and profit, I'm about 100% sure I'll never stop, so like you I'd like to monetize it as long as possible.