I know I shared our new home move, blah, blah, blah.

I know that feels like I’m bragging, but to me it is more about the realization that we were under-living.  (There were some HOGs considerations involved).

The previous post was also a nod to others in the (frugal) FI community sharing their home improvements.

I used to think I was busy enough.  I felt that I was organized and had a great process for my weekly flow.  I definitely had a lot of “I’m too retired for that” action mentality.

I have mentioned that I’ve notice that staying in the same groove too long can develop into a rut.  Well, “Hell YES,” rut busted, BIG time in our new home.

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I’ve noticed I haven’t posted in a while, and it’s now the second half of the month.  I need to try and get my twice-a-month posts going so I don’t end my easy-to-meet streak.

I’d like to say the reason I’m late posting is that I’ve been living Full Speed FI.  Well, maybe that’s true in the sense that we are in the process of moving after 35 years in our starter (“ending”) home, well, not ending at this point.

Full Speed on a Different Path than Planned

On a Sunday afternoon, I read how the house market has been really slow, and prices are weak, and it’s a buyer’s market.  I fired up Redfin and did some looking.  I didn’t find anything my wife would want (garage-wise), but there were a couple houses that looked cool.

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