Today, I celebrate my 3-year anniversary of leaving my CEO gig to retire early!!! It’s kind of shocking, to be honest. Time really does fly when you are having fun! Or maybe it’s just that I have small kids and life seems to be picking up steam?? Either way, it’s a bit wild that it’s… Continue reading Celebrating 3 Years of Early Retirement
Author: Accidentally Retired
Why It’s Better To Not Think About Your Investments
Updated: June 1, 2023 Yeah, that’s right. I said it. Don’t think about your investments. Once you have created your personal financial plan, and executed it, the best thing you can do is NOT think about it. Just ignore it completely. You can’t control what you don’t control. And I hate to break it to… Continue reading Why It’s Better To Not Think About Your Investments
What’s Driving Your Success?
High performers have one big thing in common… They are all self-motivated. Whether this motivation comes from childhood trauma, a solid work ethic instilled by their parents, a love for competition, societal pressure, or anything else… It can TAKE OVER your life… I know that most of the time I’ve inadvertently put my work first… Continue reading What’s Driving Your Success?
Here’s What I Won’t Be Doing…
Updated: May 18, 2023 I’ve started to build yet another list. Only this time, my list isn’t something positive like my happiness tracker, a bucket list, or anything like that. It’s also not even a list of negative things I want to shed like my failure resume. No, this list is a list of things… Continue reading Here’s What I Won’t Be Doing…
Betting on a player. Betting on a team. Betting on a league.
The Pitfalls of Playing the Stock Market: Why Index Funds Win Every Time Updated May 11, 2023 In late 2020, after spending significant time talking with fiduciaries and reading The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle, I fired my financial advisor, and took over my investments. My mini-retirement had finally given me… Continue reading Betting on a player. Betting on a team. Betting on a league.