Can you believe it's been SIX MONTHS since I retired? In some ways it seems like yesterday but mostly it seems like eons ago...in a good way. My last retirement update was at 100 days. Here's what I've been doing since then: I'm still busy!!! How did I ever find time to work and do all the stuff I'm doing now? The days pass quickly and there's always more left to … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2017
Big Tax Savings due to Early Retirement
Now that I'm retired, lots of things have changed, of course. One of them I have been expecting is the taxes I will pay. Not only am I earning about one-third of my former income each year, but I'm not doing it from earned income. On the tax-paying side, I won't have a job deducting income taxes for me, so there are implications there as well. To get a head start on … [Read more...]