Many of us blog here about our own FIRE journey (Financial Independence Retire Early) but deep down we know it is difficult to achieve. And perhaps that is precisely the reason why we aspire towards this seemingly “unreachable” goals, encourage others along this same journey and receive encouragement from others to continue to persevere on. For the last few weeks, I have been mentally prepared myself for a “forced” RE. It has been looming. This week it finally hit home. I must say it is a strange mixed feeling. Deep inside you feel the extreme disappointment, yet there is nothing much you can do except to tell yourself you just have to move on. Over the years, I have seen colleagues/friends who lost control when met with such situations and became very emotional. However, in the end, sadly, it was all pointless. Decisions have been made and our emotions mean very little to those decision makers....