FIRE Drawdown Plan
Most people don't think about their retirement at all. A smaller portion contributes to a small portion to their 401K and assumes they'll figure it out when they get old enough. But almost no one thinks…
Running 10 Miles a Day in Quarantine
I last updated you on my running streak in October. I had run for over 6 months. I'm now able to tell you I successfully ran for 10 or more miles every day, for an entire…
Tinder for Kids
My brother gave me this idea... He may have presented it a lot more eloquently, but I enjoy this phrasing much more. There's a standard pitching strategy when you have a new startup idea. You compare…
Intermittent Fasting for a Year
I spent most of my childhood enjoying sweets and playing video games. Food helped me through difficult times, including those when I felt bad about being overweight. This scene in Austin Powers really summed things up…
Retirement Update: February 2021
I will turn 39 in April, and I have been retired for almost 9 months now. All thanks to Top Gun and Office Space. How's Retired Life? That's the question I get most often. I feel…
Am I Really Learning Piano?
My Mom always wanted me to learn piano. I never saw the joy in it. I had to practice piano for about a year when I was a kid. I stressed over how little I practiced.…
EpicFieldTrip.com
Did you know I have another blog? epicfieldtrip.com Before the pandemic, I actually had a vision of a beautiful way to spend the first fall of my retired life. I wanted to visit every NFL stadium…
Giving Winks
There is a minefield ahead. I don't know the exact solution, because so many other similar pieces of technology have existed to create more harm than good. But I would like to make something to help…
My Handwritten Journal
I'm a child of the growing digital age. I wasn't born with a computer in my hands, but I was there to see it spread like wildfire. I was handling floppy discs to crunch numbers and…
Valuable Meetings
One of the reasons why I stopped working was because I didn't want to go to any more meetings. A meeting is basically a way to hide from your actually responsibilities and pretend to help make…