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Retired and Inspired at 55

Thoughts and Musings on Early Retirement

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Early Retirement Can be Yours

Welcome to my blog on early retirement. It took a lot of planning and discipline but I was able to retire at 55 in February 2020. I'll share how I did it, and my experiences in retirement.

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Getting Back to Life

Note: I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago, before the Delta variant flared. I still feel we should be getting back to life, we just...

My Favorite Music

This post was inspired by the Father’s Day Family Circus comic strip in which oldest son Billy told readers about his favorite “music”....

Lunch With a Fellow Retiree

Recently I met a friend and former colleague for lunch to catch up after several months. After the initial updates on family, we jumped...

Why is There Always a Headwind?

First, I hope all you dads reading this had a nice Father's Day! This post was inspired by bike rides during which there seems to be a...

Reinvent Yourself

Retirement is no longer an end in itself, it is an opportunity to reinvent yourself and do something (or things) that your working life...

Be A Tumbleweed

The title comes from a nickname for my wife who, when not running her home staging business, tends to behave like those dry shrubs...

Eldercare After 50

Many in their 50s to early 60’s find themselves sandwiched between high school / college-age kids and elderly parents, and in a balancing...

Adventures of Parachute Man

This is the story of a travel tradition that started in Newport, RI before my wife and I were married. While poking around in the various...

Power to the (Retired) People

This is the story of persistence paying off and it was inspired by a phone call I received after writing a Letter to the Editor of the...

Back at the Bar!

A recent rainy forecast caused us to postpone plans to meet friends - whom we haven’t seen other than on Zoom since the Before Time – at...

Don't Let Your Brain Retire

Retirement is – or should be – a chance to exhale and relax after all those years working. Time to do what you’ve always wanted to do,...

Fridge Fiasco

My wife recently got her 15-year-old wish as our side-by-side refrigerator died a few weeks ago. It had been a bit nosier than usual for...

Travel Memories

Since I can’t yet plan my Route 66 trip I’ve been going back over past travels and gathering my favorite memories from those trips. I...

Health Insurance Before Medicare

During lunch with a friend the other day he talked about not being able to retire as early as he’d like because of the cost of health...

Spring Cleaning

I know spring officially started a couple of weeks ago, but with a little April Fool’s Day snow in my area, it wasn’t until this past...

Taxes – Plan for Retirement Changes

We just had our taxes done for 2020 and we weren’t sure what to expect since our financial situation has changed so drastically. I had my...

All 50 States – the Journey Is the Goal

I got the bug a little more than 10 years ago when I looked at a map of the United States and realized I’d been to almost 40 states –...

Wardrobe Change

This post is a follow-up to Cleaning Out Your Closets. While I donated most of my business attire, I retained the “old guy” clothes I...

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