When working towards FIRE, I at times thought that any money that wasn’t optimized was wasted because it didn’t go towards my end goal. For example, if I bought a plane ticket and the next day (for some reason) the cost of that ticket dropped 20%, I thought my decision was suboptimal. Continue reading “How My Definition Of ‘Optimal’ Has Changed In Retirement”
So I have always had trouble sleeping. And given that this pattern has continued for over 30 years, I assumed that this was just an unavoidable trait of mine. I’ve always had trouble quieting my racing brain enough to get to sleep and then had trouble staying asleep throughout the night. Continue reading “From Insomnia To Sleeping Like A Baby: How I Improved My Sleep In Early Retirement”
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 have changed from one year to the next and how I have grown as a person. Continue reading “The Year Of Flexibility: 2021 Goals & Accomplishments”
Well, somehow I’m in Year 2 of retirement. That’s fucking weird š . In the same vein, 2022 is almost here. Basically time is a strange beast that I don’t understand. I’ve been busy here retelling the story of my career and writing up my normal annual posts, so we’re only getting into what I did in November now. Sorry for the delay š . Let’s see what I got up to:
Continue reading “The Month Of Santa Fe: November 2021 Recap”
Ok, seriously – where did 2021 go? 2022 is 2 months away and I still feel like I’m mentally in 2020. Life is weird š . Luckily not all of October was a strange time loop though. We finally got to do something that’s been on my retirement bucket list: Travel around the Southwest to see pretty things! So let’s see what I got up to in October:
Continue reading “The Month Of The Southwest USA: October 2021 Recap”
I’m sensing a theme on this blog: and it’s laziness š . I’ve written several posts on the subject at this point, including:
Continue reading “How Laziness Saved Me From Bad Financial Decisions”
It’s been almost two full years since I left the US and as a result, I’ve been reminiscing about the times I had that privilege in the past. My Mom and I have had some awful travel luck so some of those memories are less than ideal, but I could usually grab a nugget of wisdom from them in retrospect š . Continue reading “A Visa Misadventure: That Time I Was Stranded in London”
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”