The Onion: “People Happiest When Pretending To Work From Home”
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FIRE Milestones – Reaching Millionaire Status
I’m going to start this post (part of a series of posts about retirement milestones), with the assumption that most early retirees in the developed world will reach millionaire status as a matter of course in achieving financial independence. I know the FIRE community is filled with a good number of frugal-living devotees, but I think building toward at least $1 million dollar net worth … Continue reading FIRE Milestones – Reaching Millionaire Status
Early Retirement FIRE Escape – 5 Months Left
Well, this has certainly been the most dramatic month in the nine months I’ve been posting about our countdown to early retirement. The stock market surged back to positive this month – even my MegaCorp’s stock as they aim to layoff 1,500 useless corporate bureaucrats like me by end of year (Merry Christmas!).
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Clean Sweep Friday @ MegaCorp
Today is “Clean Up” Day at MegaCorp. It’s the annual office tradition when once a year the strange bedfellows of MegaCorp Facilities & Legal team up to get everyone to throw out old files. Legal loves this day because they are always worried that in some deep file cabinet there is an old memo that could somehow be damning in a lawsuit. As a result, … Continue reading Clean Sweep Friday @ MegaCorp
The Foolish Route To Millionaire Status
I heard some interesting factoids about America’s millionaires recently on the Zig Ziglar Podcast. This isn’t a podcast that I had listened to before (or are necessarily recommending), but I enjoyed the insight into where America’s millionaires come from and thought it might be instructional to many people who are thinking about financial independence. First, the podcasters said that there are actually a good number of … Continue reading The Foolish Route To Millionaire Status
FIRE Milestones – Picking Your Early Retirement Date
Setting long term goals is one thing, but following through with them is another. When you first start thinking about playing with FIRE – being Financially Independent & Retired Early – the key question is are you tracking to a nest egg number, or a specific date? Like many people, I always figured we would quit the day we hit “The Number”. Achieving a nest … Continue reading FIRE Milestones – Picking Your Early Retirement Date
Blue Days @ MegaCorp / Financial Independence
Yesterday my MegaCorp employer announced weak sales, record profits, and 1,500 job cuts. The rumors started about a week ago and proved true the old adage that 99% of organizational rumors are true. While no plans have been announced for how they are going to go about the layoffs, a couple things are understood: Continue reading “Blue Days @ MegaCorp / Financial Independence”
The Three Stonecutters
One of the executives at the MegaCorp where I first started my career once shared a story called “The Three Stonecutters”. It’s a vision & leadership parable, that I still remember 20+ years later. Continue reading “The Three Stonecutters”
Daily Routine versus Daydreaming
I’m definitely going to need a bit of routine in early retirement.
I’ve always been too much of a born daydreamer to allow myself to live life completely unstructured. I worry I will absentmindedly dawdle my time away if I don’t create create some regular plans. Like Joe Walsh sang, “People say I’m lazy, but it takes all my time”. In fact, while I treasure unstructured time and often balk at too much regiment, Continue reading “Daily Routine versus Daydreaming”
Seven Ideas To Save Big Money In Your Twenties
Since we are now getting very close to the end of our early retirement journey (in less than six months), I thought I would reflect on some of the decisions we made in our twenties that set us up for early retirement success. I know a lot of people are talking about the stupid article “If You Are Saving Money In Your Twenties, You Are … Continue reading Seven Ideas To Save Big Money In Your Twenties
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