Financially Independent, Retired Early(ish) at 57.
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Last week I knocked back a day of teaching to have lunch with an old friend. I’ve known Max since Evan26 was Evan2. Back in those days I was struggling to keep my head above water financially, while Max was single, with only one son who lived primarily with his mother. In other words, his […]
What’s top of my mind: Making sure everything I need to do is ticked off before I go. Monday night after work I took the dogs to the vet to get medications for Jeffrey to last for the time I’ll be gone. He’s on prednisolone for his grass allergies and on a heart pill. Poppy […]
What’s top of my mind: How to spend my days in London. Now that I’ve brought my trip forward by 3 days, I have what seems to be eleventy billion days that I’m free to wander around London. For a history buff like me, the problem of how to fill the days is a wonderful […]
Sometimes on this whole ‘Financial Independence’ journey, things seem to drag along without anything changing for ages. Then something happens to drag you back into reality and makes you realise just how far you’ve come. This happened to me yesterday. Those of you who’ve read my ‘About’ page or have been reading my personal blog […]
What’s top of my mind: I have my house back! The painters have finished the job, packed their things, and are gone. We had to wait a day to let the paint dry, then on Sunday we were able to move things back to where they belong. Without having anything touch the skirting boards, of […]
What’s top of my mind: Good friends are wonderful. Long-time readers of my personal blog will know that when I went to the UK and Europe in 2015, my excellent friend Scott, who used to work with me until he and his husband upped stakes and moved to England, travelled around with me for much […]
What’s top of my mind: Travel to North America. Corey, one of the teachers at work, knows that I’m thinking about going to Canada next year. He told me that as of yesterday, airfares had dropped from 3K to 1.8K. I have no idea when I want to go, but I’m thinking that maybe I […]
What’s top of my mind: I’m having the CRT day from hell. I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. The day at school is divided into 6 periods. Today I’ve been put onto 3 periods of sport (YUCK), 2 periods of Maths (also YUCK), and 1 period of sex-ed with one of the […]
What’s top of my mind: How much I dislike wishing my life away. That’s the thing about going to work – my days are divided into 50 minute increments because each day is 6 periods long. As a CRT, I watch the clock, counting down how many minutes I have to go before the next […]
It’s funny with work friends. You can know them for two decades, see them every workday, and know heaps of details about their lives, yet once you retire, you see very few of them again. Or maybe that’s just me? I travelled to China and North Korea with Blogless Helen and her husband Rick back […]
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