Welcome back to my 10-year retirement update. Part one was titled Retirement Update: 10 Years. If you missed it, you'll want to read it first as it sets the stage for this post. That post was more personal -- what's happened to me and my family the past couple of years (to get everyone caught up). This post will be more general. I'll offer some thoughts about 10 years of … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 10 Years
Woo hoo! TEN YEARS of retirement!!!! Let's celebrate! Hahahaha. Regular readers know that this has been coming as they've read some of my "10 Things in 10 Years of Retirement" series posts (there are more to come BTW), and today is the official anniversary date. If you want to go back 10 years and get the full story of how it all went down, check out I Retired!!!! Before we … [Read more...]
10 Strategies for Staying Socially Connected Without an Office: The ESI Guide to Avoiding the “Loneliness Trap”
In 2026 I hit a milestone that seemed like a distant, foggy dream back in my corporate days: the ten-year anniversary of my retirement. If you want to go to the beginning and get the details on that blessed event, check out I Retired! There are some fond memories for me in that post! Anyway, my plan to celebrate this momentous occasion is to write several "10 Things" posts … [Read more...]
Why I Love Subscriptions
When I was in the early stages of growing my net worth, the common wisdom was to avoid subscriptions like the plague. They were viewed as sneaky money sucks—small monthly expenses that quietly drained your bank account and added up to big losses over time. I took that advice to heart. For years, I had very few subscriptions (maybe just a few magazines, mostly … [Read more...]
20 Years of Blogging
I’m celebrating a blog anniversary today. Twenty years ago, I started blogging. This was my first post. Hahaha. My blogging journey began long before 20 years ago, and I thought that since this is a significant milestone, I would detail how it all happened. If you’re not interested in this sort of personal retrospective, please skip to the end as there are a few things I … [Read more...]
We’re Moving to North Carolina
This was published several months ago inside the Millionaire Money Mentors forums (so it uses language like "are moving," but by now, it's actually "have moved"). I'm running it now as a mini-retirement update as well as to get ESI Money readers up to speed. This post is probably going to surprise a lot of people, though for me, it's been a long time coming. Let me give … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 8 Years
Hello, ESI Money readers! I'd like to take some time and update you on what's to come on ESIMoney.com in the next few months. This will take the place of my regular (and usually more extensive) retirement update that I normally do once a quarter. It will be eight years at the beginning of August that I have been retired. That's cause for celebration in and of itself … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 7.75 Years
Well, here we are – it’s time for another retirement update where I share what it's like in the retired world of ESI! My last official update was Retirement Update: 7.5 Years. You’ll want to read that one to catch up if you missed it. Before I dive in to details, let me share the one issue that has dominated my life the last three months: my back. As I reported in my … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview Update 50
Today I have an update for you from a previous millionaire interview. I'm letting three years pass from the initial interviews to the updates, so if you've been interviewed, I'll be in touch. ;) This one is a bit of a milestone as we’re at number 50, and as such, we have a unique guest doing this interview. Let’s see if you can identify him. ;) As usual, my questions … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 7.5 Years
Well, here we are – it’s time for another retirement update where I share what it's like in the retired world of ESI! My last official update was Retirement Update: 7.25 Years. You’ll want to read that one to catch up if you missed it. With that said, let's get started… Life It’s never a boring life in retirement (at least for us!) so lots has happened over the course … [Read more...]
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