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Money and FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early)  are the name of the game, right? I was drawn to the FIRE community because I’ve pretty much been living my life this way for quite a while now.  Probably since I

Jim P December 20, 2018December 21, 2018 Most Recent Posts, Retirement planning, Saving, Spending No Comments Read more

Accepting changes at mid-life

My days used to be so much different. I moved to NYC in 1996 for the diversity and pace.  That was the dream. Wow how things have changed!  It seems like another life ago now. My schedule looked something like

Jim P July 25, 2018 Blogging, Job Search, Most Recent Posts, New York City and Brooklyn, Retirement planning No Comments Read more

When your time truly becomes your own

When your time truly becomes your own

It never gets old I’ve been in between jobs now for 2 years.  I’m still working on some back problems, but I’m making progress at a reasonable pace. During the time I’ve been off, we’ve even been able to take

Jim P May 3, 2018May 6, 2018 Blogging, Most Recent Posts, Retirement planning No Comments Read more

Remembering your early financial life

Remembering your early financial life

The good old days weren’t always good What is that saying? You’ve gotta know where you’ve come from to get where you’re going? Well I had a little flashback this weekend, when collecting some paperwork for my home equity line

Jim P January 6, 2018 Finance, Frugal tips, Retirement planning, Saving 4 Comments Read more

What I learned about finance from RUSH

Neil Peart

Hidden talents You probably didn’t know this about me, but I’m an AMAZING Air drummer.  Yup. You heard that right. Air Drummer. In High School, I had a friend, who has since passed away from testicular cancer, who actually was

Jim P January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 Finance, Retirement planning, Saving, Spending 2 Comments Read more

Kitchen sink 2017 and a look ahead

Kitchen sink 2017 and a look ahead

Taking off 2 years I left my last full time job at the end of January 2016.  So, I’m coming up on the two year anniversary of that. The stock market was getting beat up with a drop in oil

Jim P January 1, 2018January 2, 2018 Blogging, Finance, Retirement planning 2 Comments Read more

Picking a financial steward in the age of blended families

financial steward to trust

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

Jim P December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 Finance, Retirement planning, Saving, Spending 2 Comments Read more

How my life became curated by taking 2 years off

Curating life

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

Jim P December 20, 2017 Blogging, Health, Retirement planning No Comments Read more

Downsizing (in Hollywood) can be fun

Downsizing

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

Jim P November 29, 2017December 13, 2017 Retirement planning, Saving No Comments Read more

Why did my social security statements stop?

Social Security statements

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

Jim P November 28, 2017April 19, 2018 Finance, Retirement planning No Comments Read more
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