In 2015 I decided to pursue financial independence. I wanted the freedom to do whatever I wanted without the stress of wondering if those things could pay my bills. Continue reading “Celebrating 5 Years With Republic Wireless: A Comprehensive Review”
Here is a sampling of the thoughts that have been swirling around my head the past week: Continue reading “Early Retirement Week 1: The Freak Out”
Surprise! I’m going to interrupt our regularly scheduled Tuesday posts to give you this bonus ‘episode’ that details my first and last exit interview. And no, just because I’m retired, that does not mean I’m doubling up my posting schedule – we’re still sticking to every Tuesday. Don’t be greedy 😉 . But if at times I’m too excited to sit on something you may get an extra post here or there…no promises though 🙂 . I’m still all about that #SlugLife.
Continue reading “My First (And Last) Corporate Exit Interview”
I used to fly about every 3 months and since we moved across the country from our family, most of those have been cross country flights. In fact, after living in Seattle for a year, I no longer classified a 6 hour plane ride as a “long” flight – it started to seem normal and closer flights were “short” and only international flights were “long.” Brains are weird and fascinating.
Continue reading “What It’s Like Flying Cross Country During A Pandemic”
It happened. Yesterday was my last day of corporate work. Continue reading “My Last Day Of Corporate Work: Stepping Into The Light”
We’ve lived in AirBnBs for 2 months now and I’m happy to declare that it is even more awesome than I expected. If you read my massive post about how it felt to get rid of all my stuff before we became nomads, you know that I like things to be exactly my way 😉 . Continue reading “What’s It Like Living In A Monthly Airbnb?”
I would like to take this opportunity to complain about work before I am no longer qualified to do so 😉 . To begin: I fully acknowledge that this post makes me sound like an emotionless automaton…and I’m fine with that 🙂 . Continue reading “What If Everyone Stopped Being Fake At Work?”
I had it all planned out. I would be at lunch with my boss. The sun would be shining, we would be laughing and after enjoying a lovely meal together, I would drop the bomb: Continue reading “Why I Didn’t Tell My Company I’m Retiring”