Tag: early retirement

Lifestyle Change

First Year of Early Retirement (3) – Work/Money & Family/Friends

This is the third chapter in a series of four posts that look at how our first year in early retirement has gone.  This chapter covers activities related to Family/Friends and Work/Money.  These are two of the busiest areas on my Life Wheel map and have been very satisfying.  (Here are links to the FIRST and SECOND posts of this series) My goal wasn’t to … Continue reading First Year of Early Retirement (3) – Work/Money & Family/Friends

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Have A Plan

Long-Term Care Insurance – Cost/Benefit Tradeoffs

My Mom & Dad called recently to get my take on their Long Term Care (LTC) insurance.  They’ve had a policy for fourteen years and recently got a notice from their insurer that their rates would be going up.  The increase – stepped over the next few years – totaled a little more than +50% versus what they were paying now.  If they didn’t want … Continue reading Long-Term Care Insurance – Cost/Benefit Tradeoffs

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Lifestyle Change

First Year of Early Retirement (2) – Health/Sports & Love/Romance

This is the second chapter in four posts about how we’ve spent our first year of early retirement, which started on April Fool’s Day last year. Click here for last week’s update on Travel/Play & Arts/Creative.  This week, I’m reporting in on two more segments of the Life Wheel: Health/Sports and Love/Romance. I established 13 goals in these two areas and so far, I’ve made … Continue reading First Year of Early Retirement (2) – Health/Sports & Love/Romance

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Lifestyle Change

First Year of Early Retirement (1) – Travel/Play & Arts/Creativity

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost a year since I made my FIRE escape from corporate life!  More than anything, people ask me “what are you doing with your time in early retirement”.  Several people have asked me to provide an update on my post last year, when I introduced my “Life Wheel” and talked about the activities I am hoping to … Continue reading First Year of Early Retirement (1) – Travel/Play & Arts/Creativity

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FIRE Station Fun

FIRE Station Fun – Possibilities

I am now closing in on my first full YEAR of early retirement.  I will hit the anniversary mark on April Fool’s Day this year.  It has been a terrific rotation around the sun and I haven’t regretted it at all. Not surprisingly, everyone is asking me “are you doing all of those things that you thought you would?”  I wrote this post last March … Continue reading FIRE Station Fun – Possibilities

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Lifestyle Change

Introvert or Extrovert?

More than a year ago, I wrote this article contemplating whether or not I was more of an introvert or extrovert.  Some people think that being an extrovert helps you in the business world and being an introvert helps you in retirement.  The difference comes down to your need to be with other people to ‘find your energy’. Here is a link to that article: INtroverts … Continue reading Introvert or Extrovert?

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FIRE Countdown

Roman Holiday In Early Retirement

One of my team members told me today that they are now on their “final lap”.  We were talking about great cities to visit – my favorite is Rome – and they shared their plans to start traveling more in early retirement.  Next year! This person plans on retiring on 5/1/16 after 35 enjoyable years at our dear MegaCorp.  They’ve been a company loyalist for … Continue reading Roman Holiday In Early Retirement

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FIRE Station Fun

FIRE Station Fun -Don’t Know, Don’t Buy

I had lunch with a good friend this week who is just six weeks from her retirement date.  I am very excited for her.  She planned on retiring in a few more months, but moved up her date because she has “had enough”.  Unfortunately, she is a little concerned about her retirement nest egg – which could probably benefit from the extra few months pay. … Continue reading FIRE Station Fun -Don’t Know, Don’t Buy

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Healthy Living

Early Retirement Health Insurance – Open Enrollment (Bonus Chapter)

I thought our health insurance drama was over this year when we settled on a new plan during open enrollment in November. I wrote about our new plan then, which included a premium jump of more than 30% despite doubling our premium to $13K and dramatically dialing back the doctors and clinics we could go to in-network. As I wrote then, the insurance market in … Continue reading Early Retirement Health Insurance – Open Enrollment (Bonus Chapter)

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FIRE Observations

Minimum Wage Jobs – Worker Profile

Regardless of your politics, you can’t help but notice the discussion around minimum wage that has been on the news over the last year.  I won’t make this post political, but at the risk of great blogging danger, I wanted to share some information I researched (as part of my Sociology class) that describes who minimum wage workers are. Afterall, many people start their journey … Continue reading Minimum Wage Jobs – Worker Profile

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