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 prices and a few other things. Frankly, I was a little caught off guard by […]
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 […]
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 […]
Everyone Dies Not to be a negative Nelly or even a negative Fiddy, but it’s the truth. My Dad died of a heart attack at 64. Father-in-law died of a heart attack at 64. My half brother died of a heart attack at 64. My Brother-in-law died of a heart attack at 53. Do you […]