Retirement seems so natural.
I retired on December 18 2020, but of course, that’s when the summer school holidays start. I officially (in my…
Frugal Friday: Closing in on a year of low-spend weeks.
Look at this!!! It’s now been 47 straight weeks where I’ve spent money 3 days or less in a given…
So what have I been doing?
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Morning routine in retirement.
Now that school has started again and our world is back to its normal rhythms, here is how my morning…
My first REAL day of retirement.
As promised in my retirement speech that I gave last month, I sent some photos to the staff at school…
Retirement: when frugal hobbies become simple pleasures.
I started growing our own food well over a decade ago. It began when one of my boys was having…
The month of naps.
I’ve realised that now that I’ve retired, there’s one thing I’ll never get again – the December inundation of Lindt…
So how was I able to retire early(ish) anyway?
After starting to resurface after Christmas and New Year – so many naps! – I started to wonder what I…
Who says schools don’t teach kids about personal finance?
Clearly, when you’re writing in the FIRE pace, a post about giving your retirement speech is something everyone wants to…
My retirement speech part 2.
So where were we? Ah yes. I’d “written” my speech the night before – just a series of dot points…
My retirement speech? So how did it go?
Yesterday, the day of the Christmas function when all the people leaving the school give their speeches, was almost the…
Monday: 5 days to go…
So! WHAT a day I had yesterday! Day one of my last week of work. Today consisted of 2 meetings…
On your own terms.
Yesterday was my last day of actual teaching. People kept asking me how I was feeling. It was a surreal…
Operation Beautify!
Less than two weeks of work to go! The cupcakes you see above were baked and decorated by one of…