Starting my next set of 50 posts now. Haven’t had a comment in almost two months, but we keep pressing forward with posts about retired life. I’m doing something different this time. Below is an excerpt from a book titled The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, most recently released in 2020. See what you Continue reading
Retirement
#50 – A Full Week
Well here it is, post #50! If you were expecting a special subject or a major announcement, am afraid I’m going to disappoint you, my apologies. If I get to 100 posts, I’ll plan ahead better and perhaps come up with something worth celebrating. Maybe I’ll have five regular readers by then! Last weekend I Continue reading
#49 – Recent Road Trip
It’s really nice knowing we can just decide one day to hop in the car and take off for a destination, although this wasn’t the case last week. Beth had not seen our granddaughter in almost four months, so we headed up to the DC area for a couple of days to see she and Continue reading
#48 – First Six Months of Retirement, Thoughts
Hey, almost to milestone post #50…….haven’t had a comment in at least a month, but the posts will keep on coming. The six month mark seemed to be a good time to make an initial assessment of this retired life. Overall, I approve! Certainly not missing being part of the full time workforce, and very Continue reading
#47 – The Cool Future of Drones
Bet you didn’t see this subject coming up. How do drones apply to retired life? If you plan on being around for another 10 years, you’re going to see/experience some amazing changes to what goes on in our airspace. Three years ago my son Andrew gave me a toy drone in acknowledgement of my then-new Continue reading
#46 – A Different Look at Food and Health
Before getting into the real subject…another short-notice fun road trip last week back to Washington DC, at the invitation of my USNA classmate and former coworker Dave to catch a Braves baseball road game. For the one day I was up there, was able to get a run in around Clarendon, take care of a Continue reading
#45 – FIRE
This post likely won’t impact retirees/almost retirees, but it may very well shed light on the future of their children and grand children, so it might be worth one’s time to learn about the FIRE Movement. FIRE stands for Financially Independent, Retire Early. During related conversations you may hear reference to just “FI”. As Millennialists, Continue reading
#44 – Road Trip!
I love a road trip. Just got back Sunday and will be taking off on another short one tomorrow AM. Will get back to retirement subjects on the next post, but then again, road trips are one of my fun retirement adventures. This was a five-day, multi-purpose solo trip up north. For some, these details Continue reading
#43 – Hobbies and Other Time Consumers
First, the promised home picture below. After waiting five months, we finally have our landscaping in place and the our home no longer looks like a construction site. Give us a couple more days for the new sod to green up…. After not having a yard to take care of over the past 4.5 years, Continue reading
#42 – Revisiting Volunteer Options (Followed by Hobbies on the Next Post)
First things first….acknowledging that our new home state of Tennessee is the “Volunteer State”- 1500 volunteers from the Tennessee militia set off to fight against the British during the War of 1812, followed by a similar effort supporting Texas during the Mexican War. And it’s “Go Vols” for the University of Tennessee during college football Continue reading