For someone who thrives with external accountability and who also brandishes a touch of depression, I found it disconcertingly easy to sink into a hole when my days boasted no structure. Oh, if I don’t make plans, nobody will actually notice if I don’t get out of bed. That’s the downside of retirement. I’m not… Read More: Did I tell you about my new job? »
First of all, I wanted to tell you that I tweaked one of my life bucket list items. Instead of trying to maintain a six-pack of ab muscles for a year — a feat which I’ve come to realize may be an unhealthy and impossible goal — my bucket list now reads “maintain a four-pack… Read More: Bucket List Item Complete! – Maintain a four-pack of abs… »
People ask me about my health insurance a lot. For the first few years of my retirement, I paid for Obamacare. It wasn’t ideal because of the high deductible and I used it only for physicals, which were free and showed me in good health. Whenever I traveled, which was always, I paid out of… Read More: Health insurance and early retirement in the United States of… »
Introverts beware of retirement I’m an introvert. When I had a job and worked weekdays at said job, I remember the glee I felt on Saturdays mornings when I had no plans. I would lay in bed and plot out my nothing of a day. Only alone can I fully recharge and relax and be.… Read More: On life as a single FI woman »
Oh, six-pack. I was happy with my abs after about four months of consistent working out. More than happy. I was embracing them and high-fiving them and generally getting all up in their space. I was thrilled with my abs after seven months of consistent working out. More than thrilled. Ecstatic. Euphoric. Rhapsodic. My abs… Read More: The six-pack-ab diet »
I visited Chicago earlier this month. The first few nights I stayed at my cousin’s place in the city proper. She has a house with four bathrooms and I had my own bedroom. They have an outdoor patio with a fireplace that will make you drool. After Chicago, I went to visit my parents in… Read More: More downsides to (my version of) retirement »
Some people can separate their home lives from their work lives cleanly and efficiently. They get up and go to work and do their work and chat with their work friends and they appreciate the work day and the working paycheck and I imagine them whistling as they go about their working morning. Then, after… Read More: How do you fit in life when you’re working? »
More than a year ago, I started a project I called the Year of the Body. If my math is correct, my year has been over for more than six months. I never finished this project because I think it might be the greatest thing I’ve ever done. I liked it so much that I… Read More: The Year of the Body – Do It »
From a comment on one of my fitness articles: “If you want a certain physique, you’ll have to need it for some reason. I, for instance, love to sail. But to lift those halyards, I NEED to build muscles. I enjoy playing tennis, so I NEED to build endurance and explosive speed. I enjoy hiking,… Read More: You’re entitled to your labor. You’re not entitled to the… »
I’ve been doing a lot of dating since renting an apartment. Dating apps, friends of friends, strangers I meet while out and about. There are so many ways to funnel new people into your world. This much dating and putting oneself out there leads to a lot of rejection. Now, no side of the rejection… Read More: On rejection »