One’s relationship with time changes pretty fundamentally once you retire. I wrote about how my concept of time was changing as soon as a week after early retiring, but it continues to evolve as I approach 125 days since I left work. While I certainly feel like I am as busy – even BUSIER – than ever, I know that almost everything I do now … Continue reading FIRE Station Fun – The Speed Of Life
Yesterday was one of those perfect days of early retirement. A beautiful 76-degree day, tennis in the morning with my brother, $5 matinee in the afternoon with my son, a short nap, and a delightful alfresco dinner with my wife and some good friends at the village wine bar. I drove the convertible around all day and didn’t feel hurried a bit. And, of course … Continue reading Not Watching Time
It is better to have money than not to have it, but the revelation of how much money we have or don’t have is always a bit awkward. This is why most often people keep their financial matters quite private, but when you’ve retired early people deduce that you have certainly won the money game. It’s not so much of a problem with family & … Continue reading Awkward Questions – What Do You Do? Nothing Really.
I’ve never claimed to be a member of the frugal-living path to early retirement. I have a TON of respect for those folks, but I didn’t retire until we were sure we had MORE than enough to maintain (and even improve) our relatively luxurious lifestyle. As a result, this post may rub some folks the wrong way, but one of the things I have been … Continue reading Zipping Into Early Retirement
Last week was my first week of early retirement. It was great fun, but at the same time quite strange to be home all week, while all of my (former) colleagues continued to work. As I wrote last week, it really felt like I was ‘skipping school’ – in full view of my classmates and the teachers. While my wife was out of town and … Continue reading Stepping Into Early Retirement – Initial Observations
As I wind down my last few weeks on the job at MegaCorp, I am reflecting a bit on all of the jobs I had when I was a kid – before I graduated from college and started working professionally. As I look back, I figure that I only had about 18 months time off of work from the time I was in 6th grade … Continue reading Kid Jobs & Perks
My son passed along an observation that is set up in a ‘Devil’s Triangle’ fashion … When you are a kid, you have time & energy – but no money When you are an adult, you have money & energy – but no time When you are retired, you have money & time – but no energy The only solution for this is early retirement, … Continue reading FIRE Station Fun – Life’s Devil’s Triangle
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If you can’t find time for fitness in early retirement, when will you find time? Increased fitness is a benefit that most people report when they leave the workforce. It is certainly one of my key goals when I reach early retirement later this year. How about you? Will you be fitter or fatter? Image Credit: Pixabay; MrFireStation.com Continue reading FIRE Station Fun – Finding Time
This is the time that I have been looking forward to for the past 10+ years. The timeline of our countdown to reach FIRE – financial independence & retiring early – has gotten very short. Just 85 days short. I have known for a long time that once I got to the end of 2015, I would be so close to early retirement, that I could completely … Continue reading Early Retirement FIRE Escape – 3 Months To Go!
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