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I wasn’t impervious to the lose weight before your wedding! messaging, but I tried to ignore it. I muttered affirmations to myself. Shook my soft belly in the mirror. “I love you,” I told her, even though sometimes I wished she’d disappear.
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We “needed” to get a prenup. I knew this much from the finance-laden world I swim in. I can recite the reasons why: “Think of it like marriage insurance. Just like you hope you never get in a car accident, but you always have insurance anyway.“ “You already have a prenup. It’s just written by the government, […]
I started to write a post about my New Year’s resolution, but it quickly derailed into the ramblings of someone scrambling to dismantle internalized fatphobia. Because, as you might imagine, over New Years my feed became an ‘inspirational’ pile-on of before and afters that made me want to erase my screen like an Etch-a-Sketch and […]
In my previous post, we heard from MamaMinou, who would like to retire, but just isn’t sure if she has “enough”. Overall Financial Picture Household budget: $58,100 Estimated Healthcare Costs in Retirement: $24,000 Future Income: ~$4,800 / month Real Estate Value: $420,000 (house) – $169,000 (mortgage) $617,000 (rental) – $347,000 (mortgage) = $521,000 Combined Investments: […]
I’m in my 50s and want to quit– but I don’t know if I have “enough”.
All the books I read in 2024, ranked.
I QUIT MY JOB TWO YEARS AGO! Isn’t that crazy? I can’t quite believe it’s been two years of early retirement. Two years with no boss, no annoying colleagues, and living every day like it’s the weekend. I can hardly believe it, and can’t wait to dive into it. What are my finances like, after […]
I do want to write about stock-picking. Because that morning, I had checked in on my portfolio. I finally got around to calling old 401k institutions to rollover the funds from old workplaces into a Traditional 401k. When I scrolled through my accounts, one stock caught my eye. I saw it and laughed.
Last time I wrote, I was traveling solo through Sri Lanka and the Philippines. When I returned, day-to-day life sucked me back into its tricky vortex. One thing that strikes me in retirement is how easily the time goes. I thought without work I’d have so much more of it, and I do, but it […]