Today marks my one-year anniversary of my retirement from full-time employment. One year ago, I was walking out of my office with that last box of “office stuff”, saying good-bye to my very good friends, and feeling a little nervous about what I had just done. I think now is the perfect time [...]
Syd at Retirement: A Full Time Job wrote a great post last week about mistakes she made on her way to early retirement. Like me, she retired in her 40s and blogs about her experience getting to and enjoying early retirement.
I’ve been intending to write a post about some of the big mistakes I made [...]
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I just finished reading the book Green with Envy: A Whole New Way to Look at Financial (Un)Happiness and want to share some thoughts about it. First I should say that I am fascinated by the psychology of money and what makes people spend vs. save, and the concept of “keeping up with [...]
Uncommonadvice asked two really good questions, and I decided to answer them with a post rather than throw together a quick response in the comments.
The first question was: Do you live by a routine to keep yourself busy?
I have to admit something here. I spent 15 years planning my retirement, but the planning was [...]
This topic can be a bit of a hot potato amongst financial experts. Dave Ramsey is adamantly opposed to the use of credit cards. I respectfully disagree with his position - sure, there are some folks who will always go hog-wild charging to their card and these people should steer clear of [...]
