1st Month Experience as forced Lean Fire

34 M with Wife and Mother. Have a genetic heart condition.Both Father and Grandfather passed away due to a hear attack.

Total Corpus - 20X of expenses, Tier 1 city, Rented Home

The first month has been extremely tough, I was not planning on FIRE till 38 so the lay off hit me hard. Had no plans what to do with my time hence had to wrap my head around being free.

1st week - Amazing, all the free time in the world. Watched a bunch of shows and slept like a log.

2nd week - Started feeling lost, did not know what to with my time, started hitting the gym + running

3rd week - Started thinking about what to do next, but my family forced me to chill and destress and just concentrate on loosing weight. Did my first 90 hour water only fast. Target was 100 hours but could not take it anymore

4th week - Signed up for the NISM Mutual. Fund distributor course, might do a Research analyst or RIA. Continue to gym every week.

Its bee a ride, I am now taking 6 months to figure out what I want to do next and using the courses to create some learning opportunities for me. They cost a few thousand rupees.

What has changed?

1. I help out in household chores(ironing, cleaning, groceries) and cook dinner 3 times a week. I have the time and was trying to find things to do.

2. Hitting the gym + fasting helped me loose 3 kgs in 1 month now. Hoping to loose 5kgs more. Will help with my heart for sure.

3. Stopped eating out almost completely, its down to once a week from earlier 4 to 5 times. Gymming and dieting has helped and we end up cooking in the home with the time we have. Save money too. Too many advantages.

What I did not like?

Still not comfortable telling family and friends, have been hiding this information. Maybe I will tell them in a few months.

Will write a 2 month and 6 month diary. Lets see where this goes.