As promised when I gave my 30-day retirement update, I'll post what I'm up to in retirement every so often. It's meant to both keep you in the loop with the retirement life as well as keep myself accountable. If all I have to share is "sat around and watched TV", I'll need to shake things up a bit. :) Anyway, here's what's happened the past 100 days: I'm busy!!! You … [Read more...]
Playing Financial Chess, Part 2 (Three Phases of Wealth)
Yes, I'm a chess nerd. But in the worst sort of way. I love chess but am terrible at it. At least compared to most people who consider it a hobby. That's because I usually only play blitz chess, a quick version where the time allowed to move is severely limited. The long version just takes too much time for me. Which makes me not a great player as I'm not a deep, strategic … [Read more...]
My Jobs, Working for a Maniac
I've now shared details on five of my jobs and what I've learned through each of them. If you'd like to re-read any, they are as follows: My Jobs, Pre-College My Jobs, College My Jobs, Graduate School My Jobs, Introduction to the Real World My Jobs, Second Job a Winner If you recall, at the end of the last post in this series I talked about a few issues. … [Read more...]
My Jobs, Second Job a Winner
I've now shared details on four of my jobs and what I've learned through each of them. If you'd like to re-read any, they are as follows: My Jobs, Pre-College My Jobs, College My Jobs, Graduate School My Jobs, Introduction to the Real World Today we'll continue this series by giving details on the second job I held after graduation. The second job I held … [Read more...]
What Makes ESI Money Different
As many of you know, you can subscribe to ESI Money by either using an RSS feed or being emailed a post summary each time I post. To do either you can visit my "subscribe" page. When someone subscribes to the email list, I get a note saying I have a new subscriber. Likewise, when someone unsubscribes I also get a notice. In addition, sometimes the unsubscriber leaves a … [Read more...]
Update on My Fitness Efforts
It's been a few months since I wrote Physical Fitness and Financial Fitness. In the meantime I posted again on the link between health and wealth (see Being Healthy Can Grow Your Net Worth) and there are additional posts coming on this subject. Before we get to those I thought I'd give you an update on how my fitness plan is going. I'll assume you've read the first post … [Read more...]
My Retirement Story, Part 3
My last post was the second in the series on my retirement. If you missed it or the previous one, post one was titled I Retired! and post two was My Retirement Story, Part 2. With that said, let's continue the story. Working Out the Financials Given the bad situation at work (my boss, the business, and my lack of interest) as well as my personal desire to accomplish … [Read more...]
My Retirement Story, Part 2
Last time we started a series of posts on my retirement. If you missed that and want to read it, check out I Retired! Let's pick up where we left off. Business Results Lagging Our business was "ok" but not great. Then the perfect storm hit. Our first quarter had been propped up by a seasonal selling event where customers had to buy from us. The second quarter had … [Read more...]
I Retired!!!
Yep, I retired. At 52. Feels great. :) I'll give you all the details of why, how, etc. over three posts -- all this week. Thinking About Retirement In case you all haven't noticed, I've been writing a lot lately about retirement. And not just retirement in general, but my retirement specifically. For example, consider these posts: Various Forms of Retirement … [Read more...]
My Jobs, Introduction to the Real World
I've now shared my pre-college jobs, my college jobs, and the jobs I held while in graduate school. Today we'll cover my first "real" job. The fact that I had this job at all was somewhat of a miracle. I had set a goal of working for this Fortune 500 (top 25) years before in undergraduate school. The professor classified them as "the best" company that did what I wanted to … [Read more...]
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