I haven’t really talked to many people about my strange/shocking/sad moment last week but I will here because it’s part of my LifeInFIRE. My schetchle ended up shuffling around so that I had a swim listed on Tuesday, October 5th, 2021. I list the exact date because, well it changed a part of life for […]
Before you get to your Daily schetchle… One of the amazing values in retirement is the awakening process. You know, the process between when you begin to enter a coherent state, and when you are upright and doing things. Sometimes I lay in bed until 8 am relaxing, thinking, gratituding, planning my amazing day, or […]
We finally decided to take a last minute cruise since we have an awesome schetchle. We’ve always heard of the specials to fill the rooms at last minute, or even the last month or so before departing. Cuba sounded like a great place to visit—one of those better-do-it-now kind of places. I noticed there were […]
We decided to lock in a day of the week to make sure we do something cool together. Maybe we’ll do something new, something totally out of the ordinary, maybe something far away, or maybe something small and normal-ish but still together. Even with so much available time in our LifeInFIRE we still find we […]
I have the hardest time telling (common) people I’m FIRE. What Do You Do? For me, in FIRE it can be very strange when someone asks you “what do you do?” Being in your 40s, the normal answer is “profession=XYZ, family=ABC, blah blah blah.” In my mind, I never thought it would be strange to […]
I think I’ve found something sweet in life!
Nearly every morning as I wake up I take a few moments to relax and prepare for the day. … There are many wise people that take some time each morning to meditate calming or clearing their mind, so it’s possible I’m doing this in my own way.
Just think about this; think about the long holiday weekends when you get a glorious day off. Now there are some people—don’t hate them— who feel like every day is Saturday. The people get to “live off-peak.” My Task list is no longer a to-do list, but rather a loose set of items pretty much centered around my schetchle.
Today is a Federal holiday celebrating “European expansion” as well as a local holiday celebrating local inhabitants. If you really think about these honoring events, you are sure to be proud. While one of the above celebrates a “new” act and one celebrates the “historical,” I realized only a very few (federal & bank employees?) […]
I wanted to share my FIRE ignition, the final “pages” of corporate life and beginning of FIRE. They are the chapters of my life story, the Acts of my life’s play. I had read Mr. 1500’s final months story and absolutely loved it. I thought my story was so VERY similar in case anyone wanted […]
I’ve heard over and over than many people spend more time planning their vacation than their financial life. I actually thought this could be true since I feel in the best cases people just think “my work just moved some money into my 401k, I’m good” or “I saved $50 this paycheck.” Those of us—I […]