It’s been 3 years since I sold everything I owned and started living in Airbnbs. Every year, my thoughts, revelations and strategies for being a full-time nomad seem to change, so I like to record them here for posterity and in case they can help anyone else take full advantage of the awesome-ness that is long term stays. So let’s get into it! Continue reading “Lessons Learned After 3 Years Of Airbnb Nomad Life”
And with that, 1/4 of 2024 is complete. Wow. And I only got used to saying “2024” instead of “2023” recently. Oh well ๐ . Anyway, let’s see what I got up to in March!
What even is time ๐ ? 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 ๐ . So let’s see what I got up to in February!
Continue reading “The Month Of Costa Rica: February 2024 Recap”
Welcome to another monthly recap of what I’ve been up to during my 4th year of early retirement ๐ . I’m currently writing this while sitting in the sun in our Costa Rica Airbnb staring at the lush green mountains that surround San Josรฉ. But for the sake of accuracy, let’s turn back the clock to see what I was up to during most of January, which overall involved freezing my ass off in the northeast US ๐ . Let’s get into it!
After reading 52 non-fiction books in 2021 and 100 total books in 2022, I decided to read less in 2023 and focus on video games. And I failed ๐ . Instead of reading less, I accidentally read 250 books in 2023 – a number my brain can barely fathom. Continue reading “How I Read 250 Books For $8 In 2023”
December’s theme of “warmth” had two meanings ๐ . First was the fact that I spent half of the month soaking up the sun in Puerto Vallarta, Mรฉxico 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 ๐ . Continue reading “The Month Of Warmth: December 2023 Recap”
First let’s start with the elephant in the room. I went over budget this year. I know – sound the alarm and alert the media! Just kidding ๐ . I spent $23,290.26 this year, which is 2.6% above my goal of $22,700. Continue reading “How I Lived On $23,290 As A Global Nomad In 2023”
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 ๐ . Let’s get into it! Continue reading “How I Made $4,359 While Retired In 2023”