Category: Spending

How I Manage My Money In Retirement

by A Purple Life, posted in Finance, Investing, Spending, Taxes

I randomly do Instagram AMAs in my Stories when that specific urge hits me. In a deviation from my norm where I embrace the “Anything” part of “Ask Me Anything,” the last one I did had a theme: Nomad Life. However, despite me setting parameters, people kept asking about my money and how I manage it. Continue reading “How I Manage My Money In Retirement” →

Celebrating 1 Year Of Nomad Life: Revelations And Answering Your Questions

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Musings, Relationships, Spending, Travel

A milestone snuck up on me recently. Apparently it’s been a full year since my partner and I set out into the world and became nomads. As this anniversary approached, I realized that I mention my nomad life in passing, but I’ve never dedicated a whole post to it. I never got into the nitty gritty details in one place, so that’s what I’ll be doing today! Continue reading “Celebrating 1 Year Of Nomad Life: Revelations And Answering Your Questions” →

Let’s Talk about “Lean FIRE” and “Fat FIRE”

by A Purple Life, posted in Finance, Musings, Spending

These days when I’m curious about the consensus of thoughts in the world, I take to Twitter. The origin of one of my latest Twitter polls was someone recommending me as a “Lean FIRE” account to follow a few months ago. And to be honest, despite being grateful for the recommendation, that rubbed me the wrong way – and I wanted to investigate why 🙂 . Continue reading “Let’s Talk about “Lean FIRE” and “Fat FIRE”” →

Why I Switched To Google Fi (And How I Got A Free Phone Out Of It)

by A Purple Life, posted in Finance, Personal Finance Reviews, Reviews, Spending

I know what you’re thinking: Is she switching because Fi looks like Financial Independence? Sadly, no. I’m not that shallow 😉 . Also strangely, the internet doesn’t know what the Fi in Google Fi stands for. I suspected it was related to Wi-Fi, but then went down a rabbit hole and discovered that the “Fi” in that doesn’t have a specific meaning either. Continue reading “Why I Switched To Google Fi (And How I Got A Free Phone Out Of It)” →