Time continues to have no meaning ๐ . Somehow, I have now been retired 2 years. HOW?! Time has been flying and life is going even better than forecast. So to commemorate the end of my second retired year and get pumped for the third, I wanted to go over where I’ve been, what I’ve spent, any revelations I’ve had, and what’s next in retirement ๐ . Let’s get into it! Continue reading “2 Years Of Early Retirement: Finances, Whatโs Changed And Whatโs Next?”
2022 continues to pass by with the speed of a bullet train. I guess I’m having too much fun ๐ . This month we continued our exploration of the northeast – we like to come here in the summer if possible since it’s cooler than other parts of the country. We started by saying “hi!” to family in New York State and then moved further east. So let’s see what I got up to!
Continue reading “The Month Of New Hampshire: August 2022 Recap”
I have a surprise for y’all today. For several years I’ve been asked questions about my partner and I’ve done my best to answer them after asking him for his opinions. However, after y’all enjoyed when he wrote his first blog post here about making awesome coffee anywhere in the world, I asked him to tackle your questions himself ๐ . So back by popular demand, here is my partner answering the questions you submitted on Instagram and Twitter. Take it away my dude! Continue reading “Purple’s Partner Spills All!: Answering Your Questions & Concerns”
Well, 2022 continues to barrel through time at a break-neck pace. Another month down and I need to start thinking about more seriously about the broad strokes of my travel in 2023. Oh the problems of retirees ๐ . In the meantime, let’s see what I got up to in July!
Continue reading “The Month of Washington State: July 2022 Recap”
I’m writing this while watching birds chase each other around the neighborhood while gazing out at the Space Needle, Mt. Rainier, Puget Sound and downtown Seattle. I didn’t realize until I landed here how much I missed this city. Continue reading “Slow Travel Review: Seattle, WA, USA – The Land Of Flowers, Sea And Mountains”
Perception is funny. I am (obviously) “me” so I know the answer to all the questions about my finances people ask me every week on Twitter or Instagram. I’ve also written about all of these topics on this very blog, but that’s over 7+ years of posts so they’re spaced out across almost decade. My bad ๐ . Well, this is an effort to put all that knowledge in one place. Continue reading “Show Me The Money: All My Financial Info & Answering Y’all’s Questions”
2022 is half over…which is strange since my brain still seems stuck in 2020. Oh well. This month we headed back to the States for the first time in several months only for the supreme court to overturn Roe v Wade and take us back 50 years…Welcome back to America I guess.
Welcome to my second International Slow Travel Review! I spent 9 weeks in Mรฉrida, Mรฉxico – by far the longest I’ve stayed abroad in my adult life and the longest I’ve stayed in one Airbnb. So let’s see how Mรฉrida measured up ๐ ! Continue reading “Slow Travel Review: Mรฉrida, Mรฉxico โ The Land Of Color & Nature”