Appreciating My Job and Work-Life Balance
Like most everybody else with a job, I may not love every minute I’m at work. However, I like where we live and I’m happy…
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Are Mini-Retirements And Sabbaticals Part Of The New Normal?
I’m familiar with mini-retirements and sabbaticals. I’m sure that many people in the FI community are also familiar with mini-retirements and sabbaticals. What I haven’t…
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Our Takeaways From FinCon 2025
FinCon was unquestionably a memorable event that both of us were glad to have experienced. We each went into the conference with our own expectations…
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Recap of FinCon 2025
We did it! We successfully survived our very first FinCon and boy do we have some thoughts to share. Although neither of us really knew…
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Expectations for FinCon 2025
We’re headed to FinCon 2025 in Portland! (Well, perhaps that statement is tremendously obvious already, because why else would we write a blog post about…
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Just Say NO; A Remedy For Controlling Your Time
I’m busy. VERY busy. But that makes no sense, right? For those already in retirement, don’t many of these retirees complain about being bored? For…
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Family Series Part 5 – Thoughts on Life After High School
The first 18 years of most children’s lives are fairly well mapped out and uniform, at least here in the United States, from the progression…
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Family Series Part 4 – Allowance
Allowance is another one of those highly debated topics when it comes to kids & money, with a wide array of thoughts & opinions amongst…
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What Typical Retirees Are Being Told About Early Retirement
I recently attended a presentation on planning for retirement at my work. These financial talks are presented at lunch time a few times a year,…
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Keeping The Topic of “Work” Out of Conversations
I don’t care what your job is. I don’t care what your job title is. I really don’t care to know much about your day-to-day…
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The Financial Mistakes We’ve Made
Nobody is perfect, especially not us. We’ve all made mistakes in every aspect of our lives and that’s okay. While many people may feel shame,…
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Goals And Plans For 2025
Per tradition (at least in American culture), here is a list of goals and/or plans that each of us have made for the upcoming year. …
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Planning For A Joyful Journey To FI
As fun as it sounds to be financially independent, I’ve got a ways to go. I like my job, and like where I live, and…
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A Decade Until Financial Independence
So I’m closing in on forty four years old and by the looks of it, I probably won’t hit Financial Independence for another decade or…
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Musings on the First 1.25 Years of Early Retirement (Part 2)
CONTINUATION OF MUSINGS FROM PART 1… As I mentioned in my first set of musings, there was no huge transition for me into retirement. Because…
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The Downsides of Financial Independence
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Why FI: What Financial Independence Means To Us
The term “Financial Independence” or “FI” is confounding – it’s one of those nebulous phrases that has a technical definition, yet there is additional nuance…
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The Squire’s Core Belief #1 – Happiness Matters
When we read the United States Declaration Of Independence in school, I found it so interesting that it mentions the right to pursue happiness. In…
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My Origin Story & Financial Journey – The Squire
I grew up in a loving family. As a kid, I enjoyed life and took school seriously. I played sports and stayed busy, and as…
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My Origin Story & Financial Journey – Scout (Part 2)
RESUMING THE JOURNEY FROM PART 1… Fortuitous & Life-Altering Financial Moment #3 – Discovering FIRE One of the magazines I started reading long ago, Kiplinger…
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My Origin Story & Financial Journey – Scout (Part 1)
TLDR I’ve never experienced any traumatic events in my life, money or otherwise, so I have no heroic stories of courage to share (and for…
