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
• Early Retirement And Fitness
• 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)

ONE YEAR 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

HEALTH & WELLNESS

• Fitter or Fatter in Early Retirement?
• Introverts vs Extroverts in Retirement
• Stress & Early Retirement
• Saying “Take This Job & Shove It”
• Biking Into Early Retirement
• Jubilant Approach To Early Retirement
• Goodbye Sunday Night Blues
• 12K Steps A Day

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

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