I’ve been part time at my main W2 job for well over 4.5 years now. Not 32 hours a week, but a scant 20 hours a week. A drastic change like that after almost 25 years of full time workaholism...
A little while back on a ride a cycling friend asked me “Is there any outdoor sport you don’t do?” I had just mentioned to him how my ice climbing went this past winter, and my excitement for some upcoming...
Recently I told a cycling friend of mine how much I made selling graphic designs online last year and she was impressed. She said “I’ve always wanted to do that, but I suck at it”. I replied “I sucked, and...
In 2018 after achieving financial independence and blasting well past my so-called FI number, I was comfortably semi-retired and working part time. But I was also upset. Two years prior I started putting serious time into my graphic design side...
I’ve done updates on my total spending and my business income for 2021. This last update will be about everything else, and how I continue to evolve in semi-retirement. Firstly, more numbers. If you’re reading this on a full computer...
We had spent a good half hour on the summit of Mt. Rainier, the sentinel of the Pacific Northwest. At 14,411 feet high it soars majestically over Seattle and the Cascade mountains, a permanently glaciated chunk of volcanic rock that...
Regular readers know I grew up on the seedy, crime ridden streets of Baltimore. In the 1970’s and 80’s baseball and football were basically religion in Baltimore. We had the Orioles who were pretty much the best team in baseball...
It was the summer of 2002 and I was on a train from Ljubljana, Slovenia to Vincenza, Italy. I had just spent a week adventuring around Slovenia which included swimming to the famous church on the island in Lake Bled...
We wandered the streets of Belmopan looking for a place to eat, and as we approached the main square we heard shouting and chanting. After a morning of cave diving and an afternoon of mountain biking, we just wanted some...
Pam lit a cigarette and put the pool cue down. “Do you want another beer?”, she asked. “That’s a stupid question, I’ll buy, you fly”. I broke the neatly racked balls with a loud snap to start another game of...
It was about 1:30 in the morning and I heard my brother pull up to the house. My body overrun with anticipation, he dumped the magical bag on the kitchen counter. I tore it open and quickly sussed out the...
I crested the top of the hill, gasping for air, legs screaming in pain. My cycling GPS tracker beeped to show my time. It said 3:37. Holy crap…. After a minute or two to catch my breath and get my...
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2026 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 581 Miles
Running: 94 Miles
Hiking: 6 Miles
Paddling: 0 Miles
Climbing Days: 1
2025 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5452 Miles
Running: 483 Miles
Hiking: 70 Miles
Paddling: 64 Miles
Climbing Days: 2
2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5209 Miles
Running: 330 Miles
Hiking: 46 Miles
Paddling: 86 Miles
Climbing Days: 1
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