Hello party people! We’re legit into our nomad life now and have moved to the northeast 🙂 . It’s been a wild ride overall and despite feeling like I’m just chilling and napping 90% of the time, it seems like I got up to a few things in May. Let’s see what happened!
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In today’s episode of “Things I’ve Spent Too Long Worrying About That Don’t Matter” I bring you: my revelations of what you do not actually have to worry about in retirement. I am in no way an expert on…well…anything (obviously 😉 ), but based on my almost 8 months of experience, here’s what I’ve got. I hope that knowing about my experience can save you some mental time on your journey. Continue reading “Things You Don’t Actually Have To Worry About In Retirement”
I mentioned in a recent post that I self-named April the month of optimism and I’ve maintained that thought through the end of the month. I am a pessimist at heart and 2020 challenged even my sense of what a hellscape could look like, but I’m currently feeling…hopeful 🙂 . Let’s see why:
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The journey to financial independence is the opposite of a get rich quick scheme. It is indeed a get rich slow scheme, which is a lot less sexy I hear 🙂 . However, one of the benefits of the “slow and steady wins the race” perspective that aiming for FIRE provides, is that it gives ample time to think about what you want post-retirement life to look like. Continue reading “Is Retirement Everything I Dreamed? A 6 Month Check-In”
Well, somehow March is already over. I must admit I was holding my breath after the hellscape that was March 2020, but am happy to report that March 2021 was lightyears better. Let’s get into how 🙂 !
Continue reading “The Month Of Change: Early Retirement Month 6 (March 2021)”
Another month of early retirement down and another intro where I express disbelief that time is flying so fast 🙂 . 2021 also seems to be going by faster than 2020, but maybe that’s because I’m used to pandemic quarantine life now…or maybe I’m just inviting the gods to prove me wrong in March – Please no 🙂 ! Anyway, fingers crossed this March is lightyears better than the last one. In the meantime, let’s get into what I got up to last month.
Continue reading “The Month Of Birds: Early Retirement Month 5 (February 2021)”
I always assumed that my thoughts on spending money would remain stagnant, like my thoughts on marriage or having kids. However, it turns out that my view of spending has evolved almost as much as my thoughts on time. Continue reading “From Frugal To Fuck It: The Evolution Of My Thoughts On Spending Money”
Welcome to a new year! After tweeting about a lot of random thoughts and wildlife encounters, someone on Twitter called my life “excitedly mundane” and I think that is a compliment 🙂 . So let’s see what kind of ridiculousness I got up to during the first month of 2021. Continue reading “The Month Of Rest: Early Retirement Month 4 (January 2021)”