I’m a six shoe person

I’m a six shoe person

Notes on reducing, minimizing, and deciding what is important   How many pairs do you need? For me, it’s six. No more and no less. I’d like it to be less, but I simply can’t get past that. Actually it’s seven if you count the single use clipped bicycle shoes, but...
Early Retirement Ideal vs Real

Early Retirement Ideal vs Real

What I want my days in pandemic-era self-imposed Mexican exile (Mexile?) to look like Wake before the sunrise, feeling refreshed and optimistic Watch sunrise with a proper cappuccino Have a light snack of fruit and nuts then engage in rigorous interval training,...
Leaving 55 in 2020

Leaving 55 in 2020

2020 will probably be one of the, if not the, most significant years of my life. This was the year I had been waiting for; the year I was planning to retire.  What a year it’s been.  2020 kicked off with me suffering from and recovering from a pretty severe...
The Retirement Road Less Traveled

The Retirement Road Less Traveled

We were talking to a friend the other day. She wants to retire, quit work and do other things. We talk at length of the ins and outs of life changes, what we want, what she wants, what it took for us, decisions, challenges, ups and downs, hopes and dreams. Options. We...
I Need A Personal User Agreement

I Need A Personal User Agreement

Sadly, we seem to have become a society that can no longer communicate. We are stressed, angry, scared, and we are definitely polarized – about stupid stuff, too. It seems no one can have a conversation lasting longer than 3 minutes (or 4 response posts on any...
Two Mothers Two Lessons

Two Mothers Two Lessons

As long back as I can remember, my mother taught me to save. What allowance there was, was always separated out into tithing, saving and spending. Even the tooth fairy was not spared. That dollar under the pillow in return for extracted teeth got divided out, too....

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