My 2025 Was Awesome Let’s Go!
What can I say about 2025? For me it was a really good year. Mainly because 2024 was really shitty, so any movement was likely up. First and foremost in spring of 2025 I fully retired from my long career,...
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My Initial Review Of This Retirement Thing
I fully retired about 4 months ago. Apparently I still have a small cadre of readers (you da best!) so I thought it’d be nice to give an update with my initial impressions. One thing to note about my situation...
Maybe Investing Isn’t Worth The Risk
A little while ago I had my worst mountain bike crash in a long while. Playing ironically true to the contrarian I am, I wasn’t even riding on the actual dirt trails when it happened. I had just come off...
Don’t Let Money Be Your God
I’ve written about the almost comical mess of afflictions I had as a kid. I was fat, pigeon toed, buck toothed, pimple-faced, and had a crippling stutter. And that’s just a partial list. But even after I overcame many of...
Yes I’ll Be Your Mentor If You Ask Nicely
I’ve written before about how I moved up pretty fast in my career in the federal government. Having come from a tough job in the private sector I found standing out in the government to be easy. I just worked...
No Time To Ride Your Bike Because You’re Too Busy Working To Pay It Off
In 2020 when covid took off it launched an unprecedented bike boom. Millions of people who hadn’t ridden a bike since they were a kid looked to get one, or pulled their long forgotten old clunker out of the garage...
If You’re Not Focusing On The Basics You’re Doing It Wrong
A few weeks back I went on a different Saturday cycling group ride than I normally do and got to meet some new folks. It was a great ride, not too serious and with some nice roads and hills. I...
How I Evolved In 2021 In Semi-Retirement
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...
Having Health Insurance Just Might Not Matter
Phil Gaimon was a professional road cyclist at the highest level, and retired from the sport in 2017. Cyclists in America aren’t superstars like they are in Europe, so even though they can make a decent living while racing under...
I Didn’t Dream Big, You Should
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...
Fit But Not Healthy, Wealthy But Not Rich
It was the fall of 2019 and I was firing on all cylinders. I was the lightest I had ever been in my adult life, my popping veins provided visual reminders of my well earned fitness. I had just broken...
Optimize Your Money And Health By Becoming A Robot
Last week I posted about the stellar year my business had in 2020. This post is about how I became a robot in the same year. When COVID plowed into our lives and most states instituted some level of stay...
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