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
Author: Accidentally Retired
My Social Media Sabbatical
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
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
The Hidden Trap in Your Mind
We live in Arizona… So when it starts to get hot, it gets hot quickly. And sometimes by March, you’re sweating it out in 84-degree heat, questioning why you live here. But then you settle into the actual summer where Phoenix just managed to set a new record for over 113 straight days over 100… Continue reading The Hidden Trap in Your Mind
Celebrating 4 Years of Early Retirement
Today, I celebrate my 4-year anniversary of leaving my CEO gig to retire early!!! Well, not quite “today” – I’m a few months behind, but I figure it’s better late than never! So today, we celebrate. WOOT WOOT. And we’ll look back through the year to review where things are going well and where things… Continue reading Celebrating 4 Years of Early Retirement