How to plan for the big transition to retirement, and strategies to make that shift more seamless. How to adjust your spending patterns and mindset from a savings approach, to living your planned lifestyle.
There is no time quite like the holidays to feel over taxed, overwhelmed, and over stressed. But how can you choose how you spend your time, when it feels like you are caught in an endless cycle of what you “have to do”? I caught myself doing this several…
Author: Mike @ Freedom101 As early as I can remember adults would ask me what I wanted to do when I grew up. I understandably had no idea how I wanted to serve my life sentence without the possibility of parole for 25-35 years, so I would often structure my…
We’ve arrived at our final instalment in the Early Retirement series! If you are just joining in, take a look back at Part 1, to see the full picture of how you can better prepare for your transition to ER. If’ you’ve been following along – today is where we…
The second to last post in this series is all about making sure your front end work has been worthwhile. If you’ve spent years side hustling, investing, and delaying gratification, you definitely want to enjoy every possible moment of your well-earned “retired” life (regardless of whether or not you fully…
Welcome to part 3 of our retirement series, where we’re diving into the wonderful world of friendships, and how they are most certainly not exempt from the multi-faceted impacts of retiring. There is study after study after study documenting just how important friendships are in terms of a person’s happiness.…
“So what do you do with all your free time!? Don’t you get bored?” This is my second favourite (albeit a combo) question that people ask us now that we are “retired”. When people ask this question, I feel like it underscores the misconceptions surrounding the pursuit of Financial Freedom, and…
I’ve decided to dedicate the month of April to writing about post-retirement and some of the interesting lessons we’ve learned venturing into this chapter of our lives. While early retirement is definitely the cat’s meow – like everything in life, it comes with its own unique demands and challenges. We’ll…
Just over a month ago we started our 30 day challenge to stay Starbucks free. As a self-professed Starbucks addict who, for the past several years (*ahem*… decades), has rarely missed a day of picking up my Venti Decafe Americano with coconut milk, one would think this challenge would have…
*Disclaimer: In no way, shape or form should this post be construed as us complaining about the opportunity to own a Tesla. It is merely a reflection on our experience in making this type of financial decision, as well our experience of the highs and lows of the vehicle itself.…
I’m a firm believer in eliminating debt, and I’m an even stronger believer that if you struggle with debt, you should minimize your available credit as much as possible, if not entirely. But, if you’ve walked the walk, proven your financial savviness, and are within grasp of achieving FF, then…