re: Anybody give it all up, and downsize?

I have thought about it. If I get my expenses down by about a third, I could retire now (at 42 mind you). But I think I might get bored not working, and my job isn't that bad. Our combined incomes is just ridiculous, I think it would be foolish to jump off this gravy train. especially as that I can probably retire and not reduce expenditures in 3-5 years (depending on the market). And I could probably retire in 10 years and have 20% more income to play around with.

Its tough to figure out, and I think the safe course is to stay as is.