Back in October I was part of a panel discussion on the What's Up Next? podcast. Three of us "older" bloggers joined Doc G and Paul to discuss the subject "Is it ever too late to pursue financial independence?" The episode will soon be released but if you want to hear what we had to say, you can listen to it here now. In the discussion Doc asked a GREAT question (which … [Read more...]
Retirement Interview 19
Here’s our latest interview with a retiree as we seek to learn from those who have actually taken the retirement plunge. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. Many people have requested more of these interviews, but I have to have volunteers -- I can't manufacture interviews out of thin air. My questions are in … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 3.25 Years
Here we are again! Seems like it wasn't that long ago that I was sharing my three year retirement update and we're already at 3.25 years. My, my how time flies when you're having fun! Anyway, let's get right to it. Here's what's happened since my last update three months ago... Life I noted last time that we were staying in our house for the foreseeable future. … [Read more...]
Don’t Trade Work Stress for Money Stress
I've mentioned work stress quite a few times on ESI Money. Most recently in Ten Things I Didn’t Expect in Early Retirement, item #9 detailed how stress has departed my life since retirement. It has virtually vanished for me over the past few years -- something I am very thankful for. While working, I didn't realize what an impact work stress had on me. Sure, I knew … [Read more...]
Retirement Interview 18
Here’s our latest interview with a retiree as we seek to learn from those who have actually taken the retirement plunge. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... GENERAL OVERVIEW How old are you and your spouse? How long … [Read more...]
Seven Ways to Invest in Real Estate to Get Across the Retirement Finish Line
As regular readers know, I'm a big fan of real estate investing. For those who don't know, you can get caught up by reading why I got started in real estate, how my real estate investing plan came into being, and the results I've had from real estate investing. The summary: It's been awesome and I wish I had bought more when I had the chance! I've been thinking about … [Read more...]
Awesome Things People Are Doing in Retirement
You know I am a big fan of retirement. There's just not enough great things I can say about it. ;) But I'm pretty average when it comes to retirement activities -- I travel a bit, get lots of exercise, and run a blog on the side. Fairly average in my book. On the other hand, there are some people doing some amazing things in retirement. They have stepped it up big time in … [Read more...]
A Real-Life Example of How to Take Early Semi-Retirement
As I noted in my two previous posts (Early Semi-Retirement: An Alternative to Full Retirement and Early Semi-Retirement: Work Options and Fun Activities) discussing the book Work Less, Live More: The Way to Semi-Retirement, I wrote about the book in 2010 on my former blog. In one of those posts a reader commented that he had moved into early semi-retirement (going from … [Read more...]
Early Semi-Retirement: Work Options and Fun Activities
Today we're continuing our discussion of the book Work Less, Live More: The Way to Semi-Retirement which I started in Early Semi-Retirement: An Alternative to Full Retirement. If you want to catch up, I suggest you read that post first because I'm going to jump in quickly with new topics from the book. Plus that post was pretty interesting if I do say so myself. … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: Three Years
Woo hoo! It's now been THREE YEARS since I've been retired! This milestone is a great time to do a bit of reflecting, so here are some thoughts on retirement overall... First, I'm so glad I did it when I did. If circumstances had worked out differently, I might be still working. Second, I wish I had done it earlier. My biggest FI mistake was not retiring … [Read more...]
