It’s been almost 5 years since I sold everything I owned and started living in Airbnbs. Every year, my thoughts, revelations and strategies for being a full-time nomad seem to change, so I like to record them here for posterity and in case they can help anyone else take full advantage of the awesome-ness that is long term Airbnb stays. So let’s get into it!
Continue reading “Lessons Learned After 4 Years Of Living In Airbnbs “
And with that, March 2025 is over and 1/4 of 2025 is complete. Literally, how dare time 🙂 ? But I feel like I complain about how fast time seems to be flying every month instead of focusing on the fact that it’s partially doing that because I’m having so much fun. So let’s see what fun things I did in March and focus on the positives instead.
Hello and welcome to this month’s edition of Where In The World Is Purple 😉 ! This month I’m writing this while looking at local New Zealand birds frolicking in the leaves of thousand year old trees. The world is wild y’all 🙂 . So let’s get into what I got up to this month!
Continue reading “The Month Of Auckland: February 2025 Recap”
My time in retirement has been put to good use. I read more now than ever as you can see from my posts below.
However, given my voracious reading appetite, I was curious if this pastime would start to cost me bank.. But like most things I love in life, I found a way 🙂 . Continue reading “How I Read 220 Books For $93 In 2024”
Welcome to 2025! I’m currently writing this while marveling at the beauty of freshly fallen snow and hoping that this calm environment will help me write more for this very blog (I’m very behind schedule🤣). So let’s get into it!
Continue reading “The Month Of Yuki Matsuri: January 2025 Recap”
This milestone is wild to me. I was looking through my old spreadsheets and realized that in 2015, I originally calculated that I would be able to retire in the first few months of 2025.
That was my goal based on my salary at the time and my spending living in Manhattan. I calculated that I would be able to retire in 2025 with $500,000 at 35 years old. Continue reading “I Was Supposed To Retire Today: How FIRE Can Go Better Than Forecast”
January 2025 marks 10 years into my FIRE journey and also 10 years of writing this blog to document said journey. It’s absolutely wild how much can change in a decade so I wanted to take the time to reflect on the last 10 years and what happened. Continue reading “10 Years Into My FIRE Journey: From $53K To $912K”
Today I want to celebrate my Mom. This month is her 10 year retirement anniversary and I thought this would be a great time to reflect on her journey, and her decade of retirement. As I’ve mentioned a few times on the blog, my Mom was my main inspiration in starting my journey to financial independence. Continue reading “My Mom Retired 10 Years Ago At 55: A Q&A”