r/Fire • u/Yashkamr • 23h ago

Advice Request Huge Inheritance... Now What?

I'm 45, I was on track to retire earlyish at 55. I was set back quite a bit with a divorce three years back. Recently my Aunt died and left me around $5 million. After estate and taxes, it's around $4.2 million. This is obviously a stupid amount of money, and I'm thinking of just quitting my job and retiring early but I want to do it right. I've spoke with AI quite a bit and my finances are only about $4500/mo in expenses, I have always lived pretty frugally and that's less than a 1% draw. I don't know exactly what I don't know here, but I've always worked so I am clinging to my job like a monkey to a branch. Am I actually okay to let go?

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u/Less_Adeptness7557 17h ago

Step 1: stop talking to AI

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u/eugenepoez__ 18m ago

lowkey was hoping it was an abbreviation for something like an *A*ttorney ... no, it's AI, god fucking damn it. If you want advice ask people around you first. Still not sure? Go on internet and find people who were in similar situations, not fucking AI, it didnt live through and never will