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Planning a Graceful Exit from Your Job

December 5, 2024 By ESI 3 Comments

We have some amazing mentors in the Millionaire Money Mentors forums. Some of them are even accomplished authors! Over the next few months I'll be sharing excerpts from some of these authors' works. Today we have an excerpt from F.I.R.E. for Dummies -- a book that I loved reading and is now my go-to for introducing people to F.I.R.E.  It's written by one of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Financial Independence, Retirement

We’re Moving to North Carolina

October 31, 2024 By ESI 27 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: About, Real Estate, Retirement

Retirement Update: 8 Years

June 27, 2024 By ESI 42 Comments

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...]

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Retirement Update: 7.75 Years

May 6, 2024 By ESI 24 Comments

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...]

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Retirement Update: 7.5 Years

February 5, 2024 By ESI 23 Comments

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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Retirement Interview 53

December 18, 2023 By ESI 10 Comments

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. This interview was conducted in July. My questions are in bold italics and their responses follow in black. Let's get started... GENERAL … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews, Retirement

Win the Retirement Game, Fighting Boredom

December 7, 2023 By ESI 10 Comments

Today we continue our series on the book the book Win the Retirement Game: How to Outsmart the 9 Forces Trying to Steal Your Joy. The last post in this series (which was also the first post in this series) was Win the Retirement Game, Introduction. You'll want to read that post first if you missed it. I have really enjoyed this book and recommend it to all who are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Retirement

Win the Retirement Game, Introduction

November 16, 2023 By ESI 6 Comments

Over the course of the past year I have found two new retirement books that I really enjoyed. I'll be writing about them from time to time, starting with this post which kicks off my thoughts on the book Win the Retirement Game: How to Outsmart the 9 Forces Trying to Steal Your Joy. In summary the book is about creating a great retirement by "outsmarting the 9 forces … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Retirement

Margin of Safety Update

November 9, 2023 By ESI 9 Comments

Over six years ago I wrote Key to Early Retirement: Margin of Safety. I have referred to that post many times over the life of this site, and I thought it was time to share an update -- where we stand these days on our margins of safety. After all, things are a bit rocky in the market and economy and it's times like these when you may need your margins of safety (if for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Retirement

Retirement Update: 7.25 Years

November 2, 2023 By ESI 21 Comments

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 Years. You’ll want to read that one to catch up if you missed it. With that said, let's get started… Life Lots has happened over the course of three months. Here are the highlights of general “life” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About, Retirement

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