Recent content by AS2019

I have a Sonos Play1 that I sit on the table right beside me. That way the TV isn't loud, and I can here it just fine. The Sonos volume can be controlled independently of the TV volume. Works great and there's no audio delay.

Matt's Off Road Recovery A guy that owns a towing business in southern Utah and films himself pulling people out of precarious situations using an old, 200,000-mile Jeep Cherokee. The scenery is amazing, and he's very clever at getting people un-stuck.

As an anecdote, I had a car that was worth about $6,000 and I haven't had an at fault accident in decades. I decided it was worth the risk to just self-insure, so I dropped the full coverage to save a little bit of money. About 3 months later I was hit by another car and my car was totaled. Even...

Thanks for the encouragement and the advice. And I do suspect that once I start having all this free time to do as I please, that the 1 week per month will feel very painful. But it's a way for me to ease into it and relieve some of the stress of "do I really have enough money for this?" even...

And this. The day has finally arrived. I'm not a new member of the forum, but I am a newly retired member. I'm taking 3.5 months off and then I'll work 1 week a month. I know technically that counts as "partially retired" but hey, it's good enough for me. I get to work as much or as little as I...

I'm not sure what specialty you are in, but for me (also a physician) I decided to go to part time, working 1 week per month, rather than 100% retirement. That gives me a little bit of income/safety net. It also keeps my head in the game just in case I decide that retirement isn't for me and I...

You can add me to the list. Friday, 2/14/2020

I like my Ring doorbell. I have it linked in to a Samsung SmartThings hub, so when the Ring detects motion between 9 pm and 6 am, it turns on the living room and kitchen lights for 1 minute and then turns them off.

1 more w*rk Monday, 2 more Fridays...... So close!

I became rather bored with my career (physician). Then our hospital system was acquired by a large national healthcare system (megacorp) and they ran things by spreadsheet. "Supervisor X only has 10 employees, and the spreadsheet says supervisors should have 20 employees, so we are combining two...

I have a countdown timer as well, but I find that it actually is more harmful to my state of mind than it is helpful. It keeps me focused on the fact that I don't have much longer, but that I'm also not quite finished yet. It makes it seem like the days pass very slowly. What I find to be more...

I had a 2015 Focus I had a 2015 Focus and really liked it. There are several recalls so you’ll want to get those taken care of if you get one. I thought the car was relatively quiet and comfortable for an economy car. Also fun to drive. My cousin worked for a rental car company and told me the...

I’m a physician and retiring in February, 2020 at age 49. Most people that I tell just can’t wrap their head around me wanting to retire early. When they ask why, I tell them that I simply lost interest, in being a physician, which is true. “Physician” was always something that I did, like...

I did the exact same things 18 months ago. The only difference is that I’m single, so there was no spouse to have to convince. I moved from 4,000 sq ft $600k dream house that was just too big to 1,200 sq ft 1960s ranch. My 16 yo daughter loves the smaller house because it requires that we...

I sat my daughter down and explained that when I die, she gets everything. She is free to do as she wishes with the money. I also explained that it’s possible that she can withdraw 2-3% per year and it will last forever, even to pass along to her kids. Depending on the amount of money I leave...