Recent content by novaman

Rkser- Your list sounds almost exactly like mine, except that in addition to all you listed I now am also helping a friend in his dental practice 1 day a week so he can work less. For me, it’s all about living out my faith. My purpose has been to love the world around me and make a positive...

Congrats!!

My dad was an avid traveler, taking 3-4 major trips a year starting when he was 65. By his mid 70’s he found cruises to be the most appealing way to go, because he could just unpack once on the ship and wouldn’t have to deal with the hassles of different hotels and various modes of...

Congrats!! Now you get the best of both worlds. You can enjoy retirement and still dabble just a bit in the work that you love doing. I sold my dental practice 4+ years ago and am doing the same thing- still dabbling a bit.

I totally get what you are dealing with. We do need a purpose in life, and those that say that they don’t need a purpose- I salute you. You have won they game and have achieved FIRE, but that doesn’t mean that you can never work again, rather, you now have the luxury to work on you own terms...

Great post! Much of this resonates with me as well…. But I have also discovered that in some things, I have been right all along. Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to mentor a few younger guys who, seeing how successful I was in my career, sought me out for advice in how to...

There are some folks who do fail to plan, or grossly underestimate the amount of money they really need to live in retirement, but I imagine that those people aren’t hanging out on this forum

Your age: 58 (FI @ 47, “retired” @ 54) Budget annually for travel in retirement: no real budget. Expenditures vary but has been as much as 40k in a year How many trips per year: Travel is a big priority for us in retirement. We average around 6 trips a year. Our aim is to do at least...

Life is too short to spend your days working at a job you hate…. Especially since you don’t have to do it

75 walk, 74 bike, 52 mass transit. Sounds about right except the mass transit number is going to go up as soon at the metro station that is near my house finally opens. I’m in Reston Va right at the Reston Town Center

And what did you say to them when they asked you that question?

Sleep has always been a priority of mine as I’ve tried to solve the issue of my daytime fatigue. I have been wearing a Fitbit to help monitor my sleep and gain insight into what works or doesn’t work for me. Since retiring, my quality of sleep has improved. The biggest difference is that I...

Appropriate thread for our current situation. I’m born and raised in the DC metro area and am now retired in Reston, Va, a suburb of DC. I’ve longed to move to California for most of my life, either the Bay Area or SoCal, mostly because of the weather. We have started casually scoping out...

Just finished up a trip to Vegas, Zion, and Bryce. It was plenty crowded everywhere. On our trip we noticed that many many people didn't mask up when going into the restaurants and stores unless it was mandatory. Both Zion and Bryce required masks to board their park buses.

We had booked a Nat Geo tour to Italy in the Fall. earlier this week they cancelled it. I have friends still trekking to Europe but they are all doing it on their own, setting up all their own arrangements, and my wife and I are simply not comfortable doing that, especially during these crazy...