Category: Investing

The Month Of Costa Rica: February 2024 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Investing, Keto, Net Worth Update, Spending, Travel

What even is time 🙂 ? I feel like I just updated y’all about 2023 and here we are in the 3rd month of 2024. I keep waiting for time to make sense, but I think I’ve been having too much fun so it keeps flying by. I remember when months would drag on and feel like 100 years when I was working.

I guess I should just count my blessings instead of always being baffled by time passing so quickly these days. Lessons learned 🙂 . So let’s see what I got up to in February!

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The Month Of Warmth: December 2023 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Budget Check-In, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Investing, Keto, Net Worth Update, Spending, Travel

December’s theme of “warmth” had two meanings 🙂 . First was the fact that I spent half of the month soaking up the sun in Puerto Vallarta, México where it was literally warm (75F), and the second was that I spent the rest of the month in Upstate NY with family that makes my heart warm…in an emotional way, not a concerning medical condition way 🙂 . Continue reading “The Month Of Warmth: December 2023 Recap” →

How I Made $4,359 While Retired In 2023

by A Purple Life, posted in Finance, Investing, Net Worth Update, Spending, Taxes

So let’s talk about something fun: the surprising amount of money I made in retirement this year. It’s surprising because outside of dividends, I expected this amount to be $0 after I quit my job in October 2020, but like a lot of things in life, I was wrong 🙂 . Let’s get into it! Continue reading “How I Made $4,359 While Retired In 2023” →

The Month Of New Zealand: October 2023 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Investing, Net Worth Update, Relationships, Spending, Travel

Aaand somehow it’s fall 🙂 . Who knew? Definitely not me since I spent the month in New Zealand where it was spring and baby lambs and calves were roaming. It was a wild time 🙂 . So let’s see what I got up to in the month of October!

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3 Years Of Early Retirement: Finances, What’s Changed And What’s Next?

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Finance, Investing, Net Worth Update, Spending, Travel

Time once again has no meaning 🙂 . Somehow, I have now been retired 3 years. HOW?! Time has been flying and life is going even better than forecast. So to commemorate the end of my third retired year and get pumped for the 4th, I wanted to go over where I’ve been, what I’ve spent, any revelations I’ve had, and what’s next in retirement 🙂 . Let’s get into it! Continue reading “3 Years Of Early Retirement: Finances, What’s Changed And What’s Next?” →

How I Sell Investments To Fund My Retirement: A Step-By-Step Guide

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Finance, Investing, Spending, Taxes

At this point, I’ve almost completed 3 years of retirement and I finally sold my first share! I wasn’t out of my cash cushion yet so selling wasn’t an urgent need, but I felt the anniversary of saying “I QUIT!” was a good time as any and I will keep that schedule going forward so don’t try to time the market since that never works. Continue reading “How I Sell Investments To Fund My Retirement: A Step-By-Step Guide” →

The Month Of Montréal: July 2023 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Investing, Keto, Net Worth Update, Spending, Travel

And with that, it’s August and summer is winding down. Time makes no sense 🙂 . While I grapple with that, let’s see what I got up to during the month of July!

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The Month Of Seattle: May 2023 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Investing, Net Worth Update

Somehow May is over and once again my first question is: How?!? 🙂 Time continues to fly over here. This month I went back to my ‘home’ of Seattle after a lovely month exploring California and expanded my housesitting capabilities while seeing what it’s like to care for someone else’s home and hot tub 🙂 . So let’s see what I got up to!

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