At a retirement retreat a little while ago I had the realization that I’ve always been at least 20% older than myself…than my actual age. Let me explain. I tend to think differently than my peers. I tend to get along with people older than me. I tend to get into more interesting discussions with …Read More
So have you been thinking about how we’re leaping into a new year? Do you have your list of New Year’s Resolutions? Or maybe you have been planning on just tackling some activities that have been awaiting progress or completion? Nothing too grand, of course… The good news is it’s a leap year— you get …Read More
As my blog post count nears the 100 post milestone, I am surprised that I hit another HUGE milestone last week. If you read me, or know me, it’s no surprise that I keep track of things. I plan, I track, (I sometimes do nothing with the previous information), I fine-tune, I like to know …Read More
I find I truly enjoy my extraordinary life. I feel I’m lucky in so many ways. It’s so simple, yet so satisfying. “Find the Positive.” There are people I know who always seem to have some mess of craziness (cluster*!@#) going on. Their life seems to have so much turmoil and complication, just frequent stress-inducing …Read More
I think I’ve had it with this statement. Oh yeah, life in retirement—kicking back, or go-going—will be amazing and you only have to plan on living off 80% of your pre-retirement salary. Ok, I will concede that normal retirement after the long 9 to 5 to 65 work cycle, living paycheck to paycheck, keeping up …Read More
This list I received is a great Table of Contents to get to some great organized FI information. For this post (my random thoughts), I could not have created anything nearly this great. Enjoy! Gateway to FI 038 | The Why of FI Entry Level 021 | The Pillars of FI 029 | The Aspiring …Read More