by Eric | Jan 30, 2022 | Destinations, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, & Northern Ireland)
Cornwall, England (Cubert Jan 17-24 / St Agnes Jan 24-26, 2022) If you prefer rugged cliffs, rolling green pastures, wide sandy beaches, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, and cold but uncrowded surf to the city then forget about London and head to Cornwall. Here the...
by Eric | Jan 15, 2022 | Early Retirement
As with the Orrery in the photo above, tools can be extremely useful in helping us understand and visualize complex relationships and systems. The Orreries were used to explain the solar system and the movements of the planets as they spun around in space while...
by Eric | Jan 13, 2022 | Early Retirement
January 13, 2022 Is it best to invest in US Stocks, International Stocks, or a mixture of the two? As you can see from the table below, there were significant periods of time where the World Ex-USA Stocks outperformed the US Stocks. This occurred in the 1970’s,...
by Eric | Jan 11, 2022 | Early Retirement
January 11, 2022 As my wife says, if you want to retire early, you are doing something extraordinary. Therefore, your savings and approach cannot be average. Normal Retirement Age is considered 67 since that is when you can receive full social security retirement...
by Eric | Jan 6, 2022 | 1st 100 Days of Retirement
Day 100 (Thursday, January 6, 2022) Costs for the Day are in the Table below: This will be my final daily journal entry. I thought it would be interesting to share my daily thoughts and activities as well as our costs for the first 100 days of early retirement and I...
by Eric | Jan 5, 2022 | 1st 100 Days of Retirement
Day 99 (Wednesday, January 5, 2022) Costs for the Day are in the Table below: I woke up at 9am this morning, had a cup of coffee and practiced my Portuguese on Duolingo for 30-45 minutes. Then I cooked a breakfast of eggs, chicken, mushrooms, and cheese. I also did...
