I keep writing the date as March instead of May in case you’re wondering how my perception of time has been affected by retirement 🙂 . So let’s see what I got up to in May (not March!).
Category: Investing
How I’m Using A Roth IRA Conversion Ladder To Access Retirement Funds Early: A Step-By-Step Guide
After I decided that I wanted to pursue financial independence in 2015, I had a laundry list of things I needed to research and learn before retirement. However, luckily I had 10 years to figure it out 🙂 . Even though that 10 year timeline became 5 when I retired in 2020, it turned out to be plenty of time to figure out all the minutiae of HOW I would actually take this leap.
The Month Of Spring(?): March 2022 Recap
We’re back in the Northeast USA! After a month in Thailand, I landed in NYC, went to Connecticut for a hot second, and have been bopping around New York State, Massachusetts and Vermont ever since. It’s been a wild time – mostly because of the weather. It’s gone from a sub-zero snowpocalypse to 65 and sunny and back in the Northeast. I’m getting whiplash 🙂 .
The Month Of Family: December 2021 Recap
I named this month “The Month Of Family,” but am now realizing that’s not completely accurate. I spent this month with my partner’s family who I have co-opted into my “Found Family” since we’re not legally related. Continue reading “The Month Of Family: December 2021 Recap”
How I Made $11,520 While Retired In 2021
2021 is coming to an end – and it feels weird 🙂 . But I’m going to brush aside my weird feeling that my brain is still stuck in 2020, believe my calendar is correct, and soldier on. Continue reading “How I Made $11,520 While Retired In 2021”
$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 9 “The Final Countdown”
This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 3 “Discovering FIRE…And Ignoring It”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 4 “Catching A Unicorn”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 5 “A Seattle Bait & Switch”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 6 “Searching for Bigfoot”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 7 “The Goldilocks Zone”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 8 “The Boring Part”
Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 9 “The Final Countdown””
$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:
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 3 “Discovering FIRE…And Ignoring It”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 4 “Catching A Unicorn”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 5 “A Seattle Bait & Switch”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 6 “Searching for Bigfoot”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 7 “The Goldilocks Zone”
Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 8 “The Boring Part””
$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:
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 3 “Discovering FIRE…And Ignoring It”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 4 “Catching A Unicorn”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 5 “A Seattle Bait & Switch”
- $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 6 “Searching for Bigfoot”
Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 7 “The Goldilocks Zone””