“At the conference, I kept hearing people joke about suffering from ‘One More Year Syndrome.’ Going to the same breakout session year after year, knowing they could stop working, and still not doing it.

It’s worn like a badge of honor. Like it’s just part of the process.”

That hits the nail on the head.

We were not able to attend EconoMe this year due to some other personal things going on. However, I’m not sure the conference is as relevant to us as it use to be in the accumulation phase.

To your point, I don’t need to be surrounded by one more year syndrome folks—and by this I mean no offense bc to a certain degree, we were there too at a point.

Now though we want/need to be surrounded by people DOING the things, trying, experimenting, learning, and adjusting as they go—DETERMINED to use the resource of money to live their best life.

Very good insight—thanks for calling it out. And no, my response is not a critique of EconoMe or the FI community. But an acknowledgement of shifting needs and priorities, and that is OKAY.