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Dear Future Me, The pressure of not posting anything in January is keeping me up at night. So I decided to at least crank out five sentences while I determine what the heck I want to do with this blog and my life in general. Work. Work this week was pretty chill. It ended Friday …
While I boldly published my intent to Sabbatical in 2020, I’ve had many more iterations of life-outside-of-the-workforce since then. Lately I’ve been giving the Spanish teaching program more thought. If you’re not familiar with it, check out this post. After a less than ideal day at work, I have now convinced myself this is a …
With the end of year comes many opportunities for reflection. Today I’m looking back at my first year of My Early Retirement Journey – both virtually and in real life. It’s the first year I tracked my income and expenses. It’s the first year I maxed out my 401k. It’s the first year I invested …
I sort of cheated and provided a thorough eleven-month update of income and expenses earlier this month. That one did not have charts! Thus I present to you my fourth quarter or end of year update on my income and expenses for 2018. Income My income is primarily from my day job except for this …
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I ain’t got no friends, so I thought I might as well post this now. In case you’re just joining us, here’s a little bit about me. I am a single 30-something, openly Christian, hesitantly immigrant-y, human woman. I love watching TV while eating takeout, and I want to retire early. …
Just a smattering of my thoughts during my holiday hiatus! Wed, Nov 14 – It’s been a pretty low key week. Work is still busy, but manageable. Calls are steady but I’m not as affected, I suppose. Got so excited with only 1.5 months left in the year (50-ish days or so), I started plotting …
Exactly how much did this single girl earn and subsequently spend for most of 2018? Find out…
Today is Dec 15, 2018 and it’s ten days till Christmas. Yippee. With season’s greetings come feelings of reflections of the year. I tend to live in the future (not the moment). I’ve already taken a sneak peek at this year’s income and expenses, and I have so many thoughts. I have so many thoughts …
Check out my Blogger Confessions on Think Save Retire. In case you didn’t know enough about me or the madness behind it all, check out my answers to some interesting questions about life as a personal finance blogger! About Think Save Retire Steve is an enviable early retiree who said goodbye to the workforce at …
My Early Retirement Journey interviewed on MikedUp Blog Single Girl shares her wins and losses on MikedUp Blog. Head on over to check it out. You don’t want to miss this! About MikedUp Blog’s Wins and Losses Series: MikedUp Blog’s Wins and Losses Series features interviews of generous participants about four of the best and …
