Happy Veterans Day! I wish all the veterans an amazing day and send them and their family a big thank you for their service to our country! Like I did at Memorial Day and Independence Day, I'm featuring a post written by Doug Nordman, a FIRE old-timer who retired many years ago from the Navy. (If you missed those posts, see Sea Story: Looking for an Engineer in All the … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2022
2022 Holiday Gift Ideas
For the past five years I've posted holiday gift ideas and the response has been very positive. It seems we all have those hard-to-buy-for people and a few extra suggestions are always welcome. So I once again went into my Amazon order history and picked out some ideas based on what I liked (from my orders the past year). The list to choose from is bigger each year as … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 341
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. This interview took place in June. My questions are in bold italics and their responses follow in black. Let's get started... OVERVIEW How old are … [Read more...]
Millionaire Thoughts on Buying Time
I'm in the middle of a series on the book Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. In the last post, we talked about being happier by buying time -- basically trading money for time and avoiding unpleasant tasks by hiring someone to do them. We've discussed this issue quite a bit in the Millionaire Money Mentors forums and I thought I'd share some of those comments … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 6.25 Years
Well, it's that time again -- time for another retirement update where I share what it's like in the retired world of ESI! And there's some big news in this post! FYI, I did an update in August titled Retirement Update: 6 Years. If you missed that you may want to go there first to catch up. FWIW, this might be my last "official" retirement update for several months. … [Read more...]
