Keys to the castle You know what keeps me up at night? Not if I’m going to run out of money or not. I’m pretty sure I have that covered. What keeps me up at night is who will manage and inherit my money if I weren’t here. In short, how can I pick a […]
Taking off a year, turned into two For those that might not be familiar with my story of taking a year off, you can get caught up here. Well, now that year will turn into two at the end of January 2018. I still see the time off as a valuable investment in myself. It […]
DISCLAIMER: This post contains an affiliate blog link where I might receive a nickel or quarter if you click on the link and purchase the item. (Bah Humbug) Bridging generations We spend so much time writing and reading about saving nickels and dimes that sometimes we forget what it’s really like to truly “Do without”. […]
Money saving tip #8 NOTE: This post does contain my “affiliate” link from Amazon. Which only means I might receive a nickel or dime if you click on the link below and purchase the product. (It hasn’t happened yet for me, so I’m not holding my breath) I’m really anal about messy areas of the […]
Choices Today I’m waking up on a crisp Saturday morning waiting for wifey to shake out the cobwebs and get ready. She convinced me earlier in the week to attend the first annual Cat Festival movie. What did I get myself into? Her invitation has given me pause to think about where my priorities are […]
Bloggers are voyeurs We’re curious creatures by nature, but I know bloggers specifically like to peek at other people’s junk. By junk I mean stats. 🙂 It’s a benchmark for all of us to see how we’re doing. No one size fits all, but at the end of the day, size does matter. This blog […]
A new look First things first. If you’ve been following along, even a little bit, you might notice some changes. I’ve re-branded my blog from MyCareerReboot to FinanceAfter50. As I’ve written more posts over the past 3 or 4 months I can feel my blogger voice developing. I’m also interested in educating myself more about […]
This is personal Way back in 7th grade, I’ll never forget how I felt that day. My desk neighbor and I were kicking around our bank account balance totals. Don’t ask me why, but I think it had something to do with “Birthday money” or gifts, etc. Actually, I think we were talking about purchasing […]
Downsizing? Leave it to Hollywood I thought this might add some levity to the retire early community. If you haven’t seen the trailer for Downsizing the movie you can check it out here. The premise of the movie is simple. Allow modern science to shrink you down to about 5 inches tall, hence requiring a much […]
Social Security Statements and accessing them online I have a similar story to many people. I’ve been working since I was about 15 years old. Starting with a paper route that I shared with my buddy in High School. That job changed into a part time distributive education job or more aptly named High School […]