I have been (mostly) out of the office over for the Christmas & New Year’s holidays and thinking about the permanent vacation I am planning on embarking on in just a few months. As such, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I have been spending my days as you could think of these two weeks as a bit of early retirement “practice”. Here are … Continue reading “Practice” Early Retirement Days
Nine months ago, my wife and I started our “One More Year” fund. I’m working the last year of my career with all of the paychecks going into a charitable giving fund. It will be given away in the first few years of our early retirement. Since then, I’ve written about two famous people who also worked purely for charity: Ben Franklin as Governor of … Continue reading Beckham – Played Final Season For Charity
Today marks exactly 100 days from April Fools Day 2016 – the date I’ve planned for early retirement. I am off of work today and will spend the day doing last minute errands as we get ready to enjoy Christmas with our families over the next few days. Christmas activities have been a bit of a blur this year. It’s always a busy month, but … Continue reading 100 Days from Early Retirement
Even as I plan for an early-exit from the workplace in early 2016, I continue to work hard to deliver results for the company. While I haven’t shared my plans with my boss at MegaCorp yet (Happy April Fools Day 2016!), I have tried to show as much commitment to the company as I always have. I want to go out knowing I did things … Continue reading An Awkward Knot @ MegaCorp
How interesting is your Holiday Office Party? Compare yours with this STUDY. Our MegaCorp parties have varied from fun & extravagant to cheap & demotivating. Every leader in every company seems to have a different point of view on what to do. Image Credit: Pixabay; MrFireStation.com Continue reading FIRE Station Fun – Holiday Office Party
How does your company’s annual Year-End / Holiday Office Party stack up? Check out this POST about how America celebrates the holidays in the workplace. Image Credit: Pixabay; MrFireStation.com Continue reading FIRE Station Fun – The Big Man
How do your Holiday shopping habits compare to the average American household? Click on LINK here to find out! Image Credit: MrFireStation.com Continue reading FIRE Station Fun – Old Time Christmas
Today is my first day out of the office for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Since it is also the last Thanksgiving before my early retirement in 2016, I thought maybe I would reflect on the things I am THANKFUL for in my 27 year career: STARTING OUT I’m thankful I skipped a baseball game that I had tickets to one afternoon when I was in … Continue reading Giving Thanks At The Office
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