Welcome to Week 6 of my early retirement journey! If you want to catch up with previous weeks, they’re here. It’s starting to settle in that this might be my actual life instead of a strange extra-long vacation 🙂 . Let’s get into it!
Category: Net Worth Update
Early Retirement Week 5: The Election
Last week we tackled reader questions about my first month of early retirement and this week, we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming of seeing what I am up to each week of retirement. Did I insert that AMA post so I’d have more time to craft these posts after the week is done? Maybe 😉 . Continue reading “Early Retirement Week 5: The Election”
Early Retirement Month 1: Ask Me Anything
I love answering y’alls burning questions so I put out the call on Twitter and Instagram to see what inquiries you had for me to answer while celebrating my first month of retirement! Continue reading “Early Retirement Month 1: Ask Me Anything”
$500,000 at 30: I Hit My FIRE Number!
Yeah, I know it’s not Tuesday.
How I Saved $68,000 In 2019
Also known as every dollar I didn’t spend in 2019! One year ago I declared the following monetary goals for 2019:
- Max my 401K ($19,000)
- Max a Roth IRA ($6,000)
- Overall invest $68,000
- Continue spending around $18,000
It’s Official: I’m Quitting My Job In 10 Months. Here’s The Plan!
This is a continuation of my monthly series that records what’s happening in my final stretch to early retirement. If you’re interested in previous posts, they’re here.
I’m not one to bury the lede so: We’re doing this people! Thank you so much for all of your comments on my last post about this decision. I really appreciate all of your encouragement, concerns and advice. After careful consideration it’s been decided: I’m leaving my job in September 2020. Continue reading “It’s Official: I’m Quitting My Job In 10 Months. Here’s The Plan!”
Should I Lock Myself Into Quitting My Job In 11 Months?
This is a continuation of my monthly series that records what’s happening in my final stretch to early retirement. If you’re interested in previous posts, they’re here.
The time has come: IT’S DECISION TIME. I need to decide if next month I will book my month long trip to New Zealand and Australia for October 2020. My Mom and I are working on her goal of experiencing palaces in the sky by using travel hacking to book the Etihad First Class Apartments for our flight from Down Under. Check it out: Continue reading “Should I Lock Myself Into Quitting My Job In 11 Months?”
My 2018 Financial Recap
Also known as every dollar I didn’t spend in 2018! One year ago I declared the following monetary goals for 2018:
- Max my 401K ($18,500)
- Max a Roth IRA ($5,500)
- Overall invest $65,000
- Decrease my spending officially to $18,360 ($18,000 + 2% inflation)