AHA MOMENT!!!: Around this time, I discovered the early retirement community online that talked about focusing on the one thing I could control: my savings rate. All along I had focused on things outside my control and failed to solve the “working for money” problem. Out of all the o...
The problem for ERE2 is that nobody is hiring these generalists or giving them any kind of influence. That is an odd way to express the problem on an early retirement site. Why would we want such people to have jobs? How would/could anyone give anyone influence over a wicked problem?
My story is a classic case of “do what you love to do, and the money will follow.” To maximize profits, I should spend more time optimizing this site. But why bother when this site's income is already a bonus? I'm having too much fun to go back to a stressful work mindset. T...
more available, such as apprenticeships or guidedself-study. Self-employment is another way to avoid the college degree hiring hurdle. Many contract workers get jobs by referrals and by past performance, and beneficial community college classes can be taken without needing to finish an entire ...
However, I had planned to buy insurance for me on the Exchange. I’ll probably go with COBRA for now. Higher than I had hoped for, but at least it is a known cost and reliable coverage. I’m in a little different place than many in the FIRE community. There is a significant age...
Timber Pines Retirement Community in Spring Hill, Florida, just north of Tampa Bay, has many appealing reasons to recommend it. However... Money and Financial Planning for Retirement Since the beginning of this blog, a number of posts have been written about money and financial planning for ...