Recent content by shasta

18.2% ytd 70/30

Hmm I too only hold 4 different vanguard admiral funds and dont see why I would need to do this. I will talk to my guy next week when I do the annual rebalance.

I keep 5% cash. Savings account is my loss leader.

Most IV lost in a dip is 400k

If equities drop enough that my bond AA goes 5% out of range I'll rebalance and buy some more stocks from cash / bond sales. I thought today might be the day to make the appointment for tomorrow, but now seems unsure. ERed in 2013 at age 38 - so far so good.

Now in ER, I find myself mostly wanting to spend time in Japan and can afford to be there quite comfortably. This however is a problem as Japan doesn't have a retirement visa and I do not want to; - Move my investments to their stock market - Marry a Japanese woman - Take on a job in Japan...

I worked out everyday when I was at megacorp - I still do it after FIRED but I dread the ultimate having to slow down some day. Working out and stretching regularly helps keep my joints and range of motion in tact. Diet is good to get straight too.

Interesting, that's specifically where I am and was prepping to approach the universities.

I'm currently obsessed with Biocentric Universe theories.

Maybe I'm a little too OCD about planning, but with my freed up cycles from not focusing on how to stay alive with 8 knives in my back (corp politics) and other money making pursuits, I start to wonder about the universe, purpose and what will come next. I have a long way to go, and work as...

I like.

Congrats to you and thanks for years of hard public service work. :dance:

Happy Anniv Van-Guard23. The family requests for 'loans' is really what I was getting at when I mentioned tales of woe above ^^. They set it up by first subjecting me to a string of stage setting stories or phone calls / emails. I find this particularly infuriating given my previous career and...

Yeah I can't imagine doing it any different and I still hypothetically have many years to go surviving all of them.

I actually just made a thread detailing some of mine in the Life after Fire forum.