Early retirement whys: Enforced workplace socialisation
Enforced workplace socialisation is such a horrible experience, and just one reason – of many – why I want to…
Two things a crappy holiday reinforced about early retirement
Our perfectly planned holiday fell into a heap. So what does that mean for finely crafted early retirement plans? The…
101 items on my early retirement bucket list: the Ellie edition
It’s taken a couple of years, but here is my own 101-point bucket list! Do you think I can achieve…
A financial FIRE buffer is better than any insurance policy: a LeanFIRE criticism
If you plan to LeanFIRE you could cover smaller unexpected expenses in your future life, but just how prepared are…
Investing in our health to make retirement worthwhile
Better diets, medical checks, and being more active. Why we’re trying to improve our health before we retire early. The…
A message to young people: success can happen if you chase it
When I look at young people now, I don’t envy them at all. The situation with house prices makes it…
Reaching the end of the share accumulation cliff
Hitting a big milestone: we’ve completed our share accumulation phase with our last share purchase! The post Reaching the end…
Death of a parent
There are situations you can inevitably expect, as much as you will never welcome them. But even then, life can…
Planning our average week in early retirement
Here’s what we plan to do in a “normal week” when we retire early, and don’t have work filling up…
Pre-retirement progress: We’ve switched to a nine-day fortnight!
How we hope switching to a nine-day working fortnight will improve our work/life balance before we retire. The post Pre-retirement…
2022 reader retirement Q&A (part 2)
From budgeting to a new car; role models to net worth updates, and FIREcalc for a bit of fun. A…
Mid-2022 goals progress report
The goal was to increase our net worth by $563,000 in 2022. Instead, we’re down $66,000. Ouch. Our latest blog…
Q2 2022 income and expenses: 93.5% savings rate
March to June traditionally sees our highest quarterly savings rate of the year. But seeing as the start of 2022…