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 2 short Caribbean vacations during that time. Whether or not this is temporary, or just […]
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 of credit. I stumbled across my first paystub from my very first real job at […]
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 a very good drummer and in several bands up until the time of his death. […]
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 […]