This Saturday will mark the two year anniversary of my departure from formal work, I'll have much more to say on that next week. In the meantime, enjoy some juicy photos.2017April: I left my job on 4/13. A week before my last day, I stopped in the Chicago office for one last trip.May: Mrs. 1500 and I visited the Penny Planters in Florida.June: The family … [Read more...] about 24 Months Of Early Retirement in 24 Pictures
Early Retirement
Honey, We Bought A Coworking Space
If you sleep 8 hours per night, you have 112 conscious hours per week. Throw in a job with a commute and subtract 50 hours. 45% of your time is now gone. Throw a couple children into the mix and BOOM, you barely have time to eat and bathe. It's difficult to keep your head above water.Mrs. 1500 and I did the two-kids-two-jobs dance for a short period of time and it was … [Read more...] about Honey, We Bought A Coworking Space
Trading Places (Becoming Mr. Mom)
Up until a couple years ago, I worked and Mrs. 1500 didn't. Mrs. 1500 and I had agreed that she would leave her job when the first child arrived and wouldn't go back.We quickly found our rhythm when child one arrived on the scene. I worked 40-50 hours per week while the Mrs. cooked, cleaned and looked after our child. We were in the middle of a fix-and-flip, so I did most … [Read more...] about Trading Places (Becoming Mr. Mom)
10 Questions With Reader Jake
Why did you start your blog?I started a blog because I thought there needed to be one more voice in the 476,492,292,928 others that were already out there. I realized I enjoyed writing once I started it and got on a roll. About eight months in, I realized that people were being fired from their jobs for putting their opinions and views on social media. That worried me, … [Read more...] about 10 Questions With Reader Jake
Phoenix Rising
One issue that I have with the FIRE blogger community is we often live in a reality distortion field. Our biases cause us to eagerly report the positive and ignore the negative. I see it in myself. I'm much more eager to publish my Performance Updates when I've had a good month. Not so much for the bad ones.But the negative is important too. Perhaps more important. The … [Read more...] about Phoenix Rising