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Celebrating 4 Years of Blogging

Accidentally Retired Year 5

Well, another year is in the bag and another year of blogging concludes! That makes it now 4 years since I started this little venture I call Accidentally Retired. And as always I am shocked by how fast time flies. I don’t think I’ll ever get over it. It was nearly 5 years ago that… Continue reading Celebrating 4 Years of Blogging

Published January 10, 2025
Categorized as Early Retirement Tagged celebrations

When Your Sunroof Explodes

Hyundai Santa Fe Exploded Sunroof

After a little bit of a rough stretch last month, my family and I wanted to go on a little day trip. So we headed out of town and had a really nice day. We stopped at a Costco for gas, and just as we were about 10 minutes into our drive home, we heard… Continue reading When Your Sunroof Explodes

Published December 20, 2024
Categorized as Financial Independence Tagged car insurance, life issues

The Treadmill Problem

The Treadmill Problem

I love to hike, bike, ruck, and work out outdoors. But I live in the desert, so as soon as summer heat hits, it makes it near impossible to do that without getting up at the crack ass of dawn. Yet, I also dearly value my sleep, and would rather not sacrifice one part of… Continue reading The Treadmill Problem

Published November 21, 2024
Categorized as Personal Growth Tagged fitness, personal growth

My Social Media Sabbatical

Social Media Sebatical

Back in August, I decided I would take some time off from social media. Since I don’t use social for personal use anymore, it was mainly just taking some time off the AR X/Twitter account to take a breather. Even though I built the AR account up to nearly 20K followers and helped to drive… Continue reading My Social Media Sabbatical

Published November 8, 2024
Categorized as Personal Growth Tagged cell phone, enjoying life, happiness

Stop Playing Around: Commit

Stop Playing Around: Commit

Patience and time. That is all humans have ever needed. The problem is that both of those are the most elusive things to most of us mortals. We tinker when we shouldn’t tinker. We get bored and we sell off one investment and trade it for another. We have a few pounds that we all… Continue reading Stop Playing Around: Commit

Published October 25, 2024
Categorized as Investments

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