This milestone is wild to me. I was looking through my old spreadsheets and realized that in 2015, I originally calculated that I would be able to retire in the first few months of 2025.
That was my goal based on my salary at the time and my spending living in Manhattan. I calculated that I would be able to retire in 2025 with $500,000 at 35 years old. Continue reading “I Was Supposed To Retire Today: How FIRE Can Go Better Than Forecast”
January 2025 marks 10 years into my FIRE journey and also 10 years of writing this blog to document said journey. It’s absolutely wild how much can change in a decade so I wanted to take the time to reflect on the last 10 years and what happened. Continue reading “10 Years Into My FIRE Journey: From $53K To $912K”
Today I want to celebrate my Mom. This month is her 10 year retirement anniversary and I thought this would be a great time to reflect on her journey, and her decade of retirement. As I’ve mentioned a few times on the blog, my Mom was my main inspiration in starting my journey to financial independence. Continue reading “My Mom Retired 10 Years Ago At 55: A Q&A”
Welcome to 2025! That means The Matrix came out a little over a quarter of a century ago and I feel quite old as a result 🙂 . But enough about my existential crisis 😉 – let’s see what I got up to in December 2024!
Continue reading “The Month Of Holiday Cheer: December 2024 Recap”
This is my first time writing a post like this. In retirement I’ve posted about my spending, my income and that’s basically it. But I wanted a place to talk about my money moves in general and sum everything up for the year, so that’s what this new annual post will be! Let’s look at my overall financial picture and see what the future holds.
Continue reading “2024 Financial Review: Investment Withdrawals, Dividends And Roth Conversions”
In a surprise to no one more than me, I was under-budget this year 🙂 . I started my retirement in 2020 with the goal of spending $20,000 (which was 11% more than I spent living in Seattle) and I have increased that goal number each year based on inflation. Inflation these last few years has been high so my goal for 2024 was to spend $23,400. I ended up spending $21,499, which is 8% less than my goal.
Continue reading “How I Lived On $21,499 As A Global Nomad In 2024”
Throughout the year, I like to jot down new things I’ve learned, read, watched and experienced to try and remember what each year entailed. I then summarize all of that in my annual goals and accomplishments posts.
The goal of these posts is not just to curate what I’ve been up to, but also to document how I’ve changed from one year to the next and how I’ve grown as a person. I also like to give each year a theme in retrospect. I’ve decided that 2024 has been The Year Of Fitness. Let’s jump into why 🙂 . Continue reading “The Year Of Fitness: 2024 Goals & Accomplishments”
So let’s talk about something fun: the surprising amount of money I made in retirement this year. It’s surprising because 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 🙂 . So let’s get into it! Continue reading “How I Made $5,344 While Retired In 2024”