Finding joy on the journey to financial independence
“But, what in the world would you do if you didn’t work?!”
If you’re on a journey to financial independence, and plan to retire earlier than the traditional 60-65 work-til-you-drop age range, do you ever hear this response when you share your plans with others?
I may be on a journey to financial independence, but for the longest time, when I was still on the hamster wheel, it was just a feeling of “I’ll get there when I get there”. I liked working, and I didn’t have any plans to stop. How the times have changed!
Continue reading “How Part-Time Work Became My Goal”If you’ve been reading the blog so far, you know that when I first discovered the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement around 7 years ago, the whole “retire early” part didn’t really resonate with me. At the time, I was just starting a postdoctoral fellowship and had dreams of being a big-time professor. I was still on the hamster wheel, and I had no intention of slowing down anytime soon.
Continue reading “My Current Financial Independence Goal”One day several years ago, during pre-pandemic normalcy, I walked in the house from being out and about somewhere (remember when that used to happen on the regular?!), and Mr. Dink told me he had a crazy idea.
Continue reading “Ok, So What’s The Deal With The Bus?”If you read my first post, you know that one of my intentions with this blog is to tell my story, and that I’m a big fan of Brene Brown. Well, Brene always starts her podcast Unlocking Us with the same question of the person she is interviewing: tell me your story. Today, I want to tell you my story. But let’s start with the basics.
Continue reading “My Story: The Basics”
