Category: Intentional Living
A collection of thoughts on deliberate choices
4 Years of Early Retirement – Is It What I Imagined?
I can’t believe it has been four years since I last set an alarm clock to wake up for an early team meeting. It’s been four years since I handed in my notice to my job and planned to travel the world with no home base– indefinitely. And it’s been a year since I wrote […]
HelloPrenup Review 2025: Easy, Affordable, and Surprisingly Empowering
Nothing says romance like a prenup!
Here’s how we used HelloPrenup to talk money, healthcare, and cat custody.
First Time Fisherwoman in Alaska
When I turned seven, I asked for a fishing rod for my birthday. I wanted to fish, badly, though I could not explain why.
I Didn’t Lose Weight Before My Wedding
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.
Confession: I Almost Didn’t Get a Prenup
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, […]
What I Read This Year – 2024 Ranked
All the books I read in 2024, ranked.
2 Years of Early Retirement (With Numbers)
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 […]
What My Grandma Paid to Build Her Home Will Shock You! (Really, it will!)
After learning more about the history behind my Grandparents’ idyllic home, I have taken away some valuable lessons about adapting financial strategies to fit the times we live in.
Early Retirement Month Seven: A Bucket-List Trip to Australia and New Zealand (Part 2)
After a wonderful bop around the Southern half of New Zealand, we booked flights to head up to Auckland in the North. After renting a car in a super sketchy, dark parking lot, we made it to the attic-turned-Airbnb where we crashed for the night. We were raring to go on hikes, so we only […]
A Rating of Every Book I Read In 2023
Thanks to Goodreads, I have a record of everything I read in 2023. I love going back over what books I finished and the notes and highlights that stick out to me.