Personal finance shouldn’t be this complicated. It seems like every day I have a new lever to pull, another knob to twist. After I retired early in 2023, it took many months to shed my corporate identity. I had to get comfortable with the notion that my days of doing stressful “big decision” work were […]
Early Retirement Planning
The ultimate collection of articles designed to motivate you to begin your early retirement journey today! Is stress pushing you to consider an early exit? What if you retire and find yourself bored off your rocker?
You will find a wealth of arguments for and against leaving the corporate cubicle slog here, including some tips on Geoarbitrage - where would you want to live in retirement?
Fewer Posts May Indicate a Successful Strategy
I haven’t written an article in so long that my typing speed has slowed down. It’s not a problem if you don’t have to write for your dinner, but I had Mavis Beacon pace that’s now more like Mavis MaGoo. It’s alright. Blogging for the sake of the blog was never the end goal here. […]
Why Being a Handyman Is a Rewarding Semi-Retirement Gig
So much for midday naps nestled in a gently swaying hammock. I somehow managed to fire up a handyman business that’s consuming more and more of my time. Did I lose the plot? I imagined Early Retirement as a relaxing and carefree escape while chiseling away the years in a cubicle. This whole handyman nonsense […]
Is Early Retirement a Cure for Stress? Yes and No.
Way back in the fall of 2016, I wrote one of the first posts on this blog, “Early Retirement Due to Stress“. At the time, I had planned to be done with corporate monkey-poo by the spring of 2020. Just three and a half years to go, I thought back then. Even though it took […]
Financial Tweaks to Make Before Early Retirement
It’s a glorious spring day in the Twin Cities. I’ve got a curbside table at a nearby coffee shop with serviceable patio furniture for writing. Gotta love early retirement. The last time I biked down to a coffee shop to write a blog post was back in the spring of 2018, nearly six years ago. […]