Category: Net Worth Update

The Month Of Birds: Early Retirement Month 5 (February 2021)

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Food, Hobbies, Keto, Net Worth Update, Taxes

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.

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From Frugal To Fuck It: The Evolution Of My Thoughts On Spending Money

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Finance, Musings, Net Worth Update, Spending

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” →

The Month Of Rest: Early Retirement Month 4 (January 2021)

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Net Worth Update

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)” →

Early Retirement Week 12: The Holiday

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Net Worth Update

Unfortunately, today I’m not talking about the ridiculous and amazing movie The Holiday, but instead what I got up to during Week 12 of early retirement 😉 . Continue reading “Early Retirement Week 12: The Holiday” →

Early Retirement Week 10: The Game

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Finance, Hobbies, Net Worth Update

Y’all have spoken! Last week, I checked in to make sure these weekly updates are still something you’re interested in and got a resounding yes, so the weekly updates will continue for another 2 weeks after this one. This is weekly update 10/12 before I switch to monthly updates!

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How I Saved $62,000 In 2020

by A Purple Life, posted in Budget Check-In, Early Retirement, Finance, Investing, Net Worth Update, Spending

Another year done and what a year it’s been. I feel like I’m saying that every week, but December for me is about reflection and unfortunately there’s a lot to reflect on 🙂 . Continue reading “How I Saved $62,000 In 2020” →

Early Retirement Week 8: The Challenge

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Hobbies, Net Worth Update

This week was tough for reasons I totally created myself 🙂 . That’s the fun thing about retirement – if a week is hard and you chose to do all the things that leave you tired, you have no one to blame but yourself…and luckily I’m fine with that 😉 .
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Early Retirement Week 6: The Trophy

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

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!

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