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 […]
If I Had A Million Dollars
I achieved a significant financial milestone: a net worth of one million dollars! But is it too braggadocious to share? And what does it mean to experience wealth generation under capitalism?
A Flavorful Fresh Start: Ottolenghi Recipes as My New Year’s Resolution
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 […]
One Reader’s Struggle To Feel Financially Ready For Retirement
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: […]
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 […]
Quick Update! A Move And A New Kitty
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 […]
Early Retirement Month 17: Sri Lanka Snippets
How did we go from Early Retirement Month 7 in the last post to Month 17? Well… after the months of traveling last year, I went back home and did not have many more travel updates to give. However, I’m traveling again, doing another two months in Southeast Asia, visiting Thailand, Sri Lanka, and the […]
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 […]
Early Retirement Month Seven: A Bucket-List Trip to Australia and New Zealand (Part 1)
Thirty plus years ago, a woman in England left her hometown to travel the world. On the bus going to the Milford Track, in New Zealand, a young man sat next to her. Originally from Long Island, his job laid him off and gave him a pretty decent severance package, so he was also going […]
Ms. Frugal Joins A Gym
I couldn’t quite pin-point when it happened. Old clothes not quite getting over hips, new clothes in sizes a few numbers up. When I started traveling? How could that be, I was climbing mountains and walking everywhere! The trousers that used to need a belt to stay up are suddenly a tad too tight. I […]