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”
I did it. Last Tuesday I gave my boss notice and quit my job. I’m about to become retired, funemployed, and a full on beach bum 🙂 .
…So I may be a little excited 🙂 This is starting to feel real, which it turns out is a good and a bad thing. I’ll get into why below, but overall here’s what I’ve been up to the last month:
Yeah it’s a bit of a clickbait title, but I couldn’t help myself because: IT’S TRUE! Mainstream media likes to portray people who pursue FIRE as “EXTREME”! But I have a secret to tell you – one that if you read this blog you already know: FIRE people are huge wimps. Myself included! We are so far from extreme that I laugh when I see those headlines. Continue reading “FIRE Is For Wimps”
It was uncomfortable, stressful and I hated it 🙂 . We’ve been settled into our new nomad life for a few weeks now and looking back, I can confirm that getting rid of all my stuff was one of the most uncomfortable things I’ve ever done, but I can also already tell it was worth it. Continue reading “How It Felt To Get Rid Of Everything I Own”
When embarking on nomad life, I had a challenge: How would I get my mail when I was galavanting around the world? I need a mailbox to establish residency for medical insurance and get credit cards sent to it when I’m elsewhere in the world in addition to receiving my normal small amount of snail mail. Continue reading “How Do I Get Mail As A Global Nomad? A Traveling Mailbox Review”
Growing up in Atlanta I learned to loathe cars. When I was in middle school, I was actually fascinated with them because they were a symbol of freedom. Atlanta has basically non-existent public transportation and few sidewalks (my parents are only getting them now after living in the same neighborhood almost my whole life). So driving a car or getting a ride was a necessity to go…literally anywhere. Continue reading “The Only Time Being Carfree Sucks? A Global Pandemic”