Category: Musings

What Contributed More To My Net Worth: A Six Figure Salary Or Investment Returns?

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

In this time of stock market uncertainty, I thought it might be helpful to look at the upside and put a positive spin on things when the market seems to be dripping blood red 🙂 . The market has shown a bit of the downside of investing this year – or rather, one of the moments that dictate if someone will be a successful longterm investor. Freaking out and selling during a downturn will unfortunately not lead to longterm success. Continue reading “What Contributed More To My Net Worth: A Six Figure Salary Or Investment Returns?” →

The Month Of New Hampshire: August 2022 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Investing, Keto, Musings, Net Worth Update, Travel

2022 continues to pass by with the speed of a bullet train. I guess I’m having too much fun 😉 . 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!

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How My Definition Of ‘Optimal’ Has Changed In Retirement

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Hobbies, Musings, Travel, Travel Hacking

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” →

From Insomnia To Sleeping Like A Baby: How I Improved My Sleep In Early Retirement

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Musings

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” →

The Year Of Flexibility: 2021 Goals & Accomplishments

by A Purple Life, posted in Annual Accomplishments, Blogging, Film, Finance, Food, Hobbies, Keto, Musings, Travel

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” →

The Month Of Santa Fe: November 2021 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Keto, Musings, Travel

Well, somehow I’m in Year 2 of retirement. That’s fucking weird 🙂 . 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 🙂 . Let’s see what I got up to:

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The Month Of The Southwest USA: October 2021 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Keto, Musings, Net Worth Update, Spending, Travel

Ok, seriously – where did 2021 go? 2022 is 2 months away and I still feel like I’m mentally in 2020. Life is weird 🙂 . 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:

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How Laziness Saved Me From Bad Financial Decisions

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

I’m sensing a theme on this blog: and it’s laziness 🙂 . I’ve written several posts on the subject at this point, including:

  1. How Being Lazy Helped Me Retire At 30
  2. Why I’m An Unproductivity Advocate
  3. Why Rest Is The Key To Creativity

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