Despite my career being almost a decade long – almost 1/3 of my lifespan – I rarely think about my work life in retirement. However today, my mind was drifting while I watched the sunset and I remembered something hilarious. This is the tale of one of the (many) times I was berated at work for being MORE efficient. It will be a rant – you’ve been warned 🙂 . Continue reading “That Time I Was Berated For Being More Efficient At Work”
A few people have asked me about my partner’s remote work setup, which led me down a rabbit hole to realize that a post about that wouldn’t be very interesting 🙂 . I think that because it would be the shortest post ever saying, “he uses a keyboard and mouse.” However, that made me realize that talking about all the technology we travel with to make our lives easier and more fun while still being super mobile, might be helpful. So let’s take a sneak a peek into our travel bags!
Continue reading “Nomad Tech Necessities: A Peek Inside The Bag Of A Full-Time Traveler”
I’ve encountered a problem in retirement that I never had while working. Maybe I’m alone in this, but when I was working, I was ALWAYS aware of my calendar – I would look at it every few minutes it seems, to know what meeting I needed to prep for next during a work day. I would also glance at it often to make sure I knew what social appointments I had on a weekend and – more depressingly – how much time I had before I had to return to work 🙂 . Continue reading “How I Stay Organized While Enjoying Life”
I have a surprise for y’all today. For several years I’ve been asked questions about my partner and I’ve done my best to answer them after asking him for his opinions. However, after y’all enjoyed when he wrote his first blog post here about making awesome coffee anywhere in the world, I asked him to tackle your questions himself 🙂 . So back by popular demand, here is my partner answering the questions you submitted on Instagram and Twitter. Take it away my dude! Continue reading “Purple’s Partner Spills All!: Answering Your Questions & Concerns”
This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:
This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:
Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 8 “The Boring Part””
This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:
Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 7 “The Goldilocks Zone””
This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:
Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 6 “Searching for Bigfoot””