Similar to the MILESTONES series I wrote as I was approaching financial independence & retiring early (FIRE), I thought I would pull together these articles that all focus on what life has been like for us following early retirement:
- One Week Post FIRE – Initial Observations
- Enjoying the ‘Honeymoon Phase’ of Early Retirement?
- Planning New Home Office
- The First 50 Days After Early Retirement
- The New Wonder Years?
- Not Thinking As Much About Money After Early Retirement
- Awkward Questions – What Do You Do? Nothing Really
- Decluttering Challenge – Complete!
- Money Money Money – Two Months Post-FIRE
- Zipping Into Early Retirement – New Sports Car
- Six Month Anniversary
- Less Grey Hair in Early Retirement – Really!
- A Place Not To Work – Home Office
- Conversation Pivot – Talking About Early Retiree Status
- The Best Things In Life Are Free (and Outdoors)
- A New Job? – Home Handyman
- FIRE Anthem: John Lennon’s ‘Watching the Wheels’
- Winter Olympic Games – FIRE Style
- What’s Your FIRE Splurge (Survey Results)
- The Value of Social Media in FIRE
- Where Does The Time Go? (WSJ ‘Slow Retirement’)
- Side Hustles – Finding FIRE at Garage Sales
- Unfortunate Week – Who Works During The Work Week?
- Graduation & Life Advice: ‘Wear Sunscreen’
- Daily Schedule in Early Retirement
- Still Working After All These Years – Paul Simon
- Playing With Toys – Early Retirement ‘Kidulthood’
ANNIVERSARY POSTS:
- One Year of FIRE – Travel/Play + Arts/Creativity
- One Year of FIRE – Health/Sports + Love/Romance
- One Year of FIRE – Work/Money + Family/Friends
- One Year of FIRE – Learn/Write & Giving/Teaching
- Two Years FIRE – Life Wheel Update (1)
- Two Years FIRE – Life Wheel Update (2)
- Two Years FIRE – Financial Tracking
- Two Years FIRE – ‘Kidulthood’
HEALTH & WELLNESS
- Fitter or Fatter in Early Retirement?
- Introverts vs Extroverts in Retirement
- Stress & Early Retirement
- Early Retirement And Fitness
- Saying “Take This Job & Shove It”
- Biking Into Early Retirement
- Jubilant Approach To Early Retirement
- Goodbye Sunday Night Blues
- 12K Steps A Day
- 4,548,200 Steps In A Year
TRAVEL PLANNING & SNOW BIRDING:
- FIRE Travel Framework + Free Download
- Visit All Fifty US States Quest
- Cruising The Baltic
- Best Times Of The Year To Travel / Walt Disney World
- Retirement Communities – Florida
- Everything You Need To Know About Snowbirding
- Fifty States Quest – Check-In on Nebraska
- Taking The Train – Life On A Different Track
- When In Rome, Pay As The Romans Do
- No Vacation Nation? How The US Stacks Up
- “No Responsibility” January
- Easy Credit Card Travel Hacking Success
- Duty Free Shopping – Worth the Bother?
- Rudy Maxa’s Savvy Thoughts On Travel
FIRE TRAVEL – LOCATION GUIDES:
- Intriguing Prague, Czech Republic
- Colorful Barcelona, Spain
- Eternal Rome, Italy
- Civilized Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
- Broad-Shouldered Chicago, Illinois
- Royal Edinburgh, Scotland
- Delightful York, England
- Would You Vacation at the Super Bowl?
- Super Bowl Indulgence & Everyday Frugality
- Nashville, Music City USA
