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Six-Year Post F.I.R.E. Update
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Long awkward pause .......... I WENT BACK TO WORK Yes, I did it. Parking placard, code to the employee bathroom, cafeteria discount and all. I am currently working as a longer-ish term locum's doc (in my side-eye, serious, index finger-out "FOR THE...
TRY FREE
For kicks and giggles, I am trying FREE! Pre-experiment Post TRY FREE I'm going to live off of what ever I can find in the house. That's right, frozen peas and mystery meat SALUTE! Gift cards in my wallet, points accumulated on my ATM and credit cards. My closest...
3 Year F.I.R.E. Anniversary
Howdy readers. I hope this post finds you in good spirits. What a year right? Going outside, COVID boosters, plane debacles and once again touching public bathroom door knobs with our bare hands. Being in your feelings (addressing mental illness) is the "new black"...
How My Anxiety Helped Me Become a Millionaire; a not so cautionary tale
Find your rainbow!
Reflections On The Disco Picnic
Music Is My Sanctuary, Music is My Life Right about now, I'de be headed over to Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago with fellow "house heads/life-long friends" to my absolutely HANDS DOWN favorite music festival of all time! I wrote this essay several years ago...
Instructions for (WORK) LIFE………..
Have you ever seen the Instructions for Life by the Dalai Lama? There are many iterations, but the general gist is to be a good human and to do upon others as you would want them to do upon you. I completely love these instructions. So much so, I've had them...
If the Best Things in Life are Free, Why Did I F.I.R.E.?
Now that I have been retired for over a year and I can reflect.....................I find myself ruminating and circling back to the best things in life ARE FREE. I already know a good majority of what makes me happy. I’ve done all of the things. However, being...
Peace, Love And Laundry
“Dry Cleaners”
By Megan KJ of Craftspell
Found on Etsy and Instagram
Before F.I.R.E. was a thing
I’ll be 50 next January and I’ve learned a few things in those years but some things come naturally to me. Here are a few of my decidedly unconventional and quirky ways I got to F.I.R.E. with a few dirty little secrets thrown in too my friends. The lion’s share of...
Ode To My Bed
Come metaphorical rain or shine you are always there for me You are my favorite place on earth In my Sinéad O’Connor voice “Nothing Compares 2 U….” On good days and especially bad days I look forward to coming home to you You grant me endless hours of solitude, as...