Tagged: work from home

October 25, 2022

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...

outdoors and health / work

April 12, 2022

Two Years Working From Home

A month ago in mid-March I reached a milestone. It marked two full years of working from home. Friday March 13th, 2020 was the last day that I sat miserably for over 8 hours in a drab office building under...

geography and geoarbitrage / work

July 20, 2021

The Broadband Gap In America

Not long ago I did a post about working from home. Specifically, I highlighted a Bloomberg article showing that many workers are quitting instead of going back into the office. I’m all about sticking it to the man when necessary. ...

work

June 8, 2021

Work From Home Or Quit?

Bloomberg published an article recently (possible paywall) that made some waves. The title of the article was Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home, and pretty much says it all. One passage that really stood out to...

work

March 9, 2021

It’s Nice When Your Big Life Decisions Are Validated

If you’re a new reader and not familiar with my story, I reached financial independence accidentally by saving money and investing. I semi-retired and went “half-time” to 20 hours a week at my job in late 2017. I’ve been doing...

Remote Work Has Saved Us Over $90 Billion Dollars

finances

September 18, 2020

Remote Work Has Saved Us Over $90 Billion Dollars

As I wrote about on Tuesday, Americans have been saving at levels never seen before due to the COVID pandemic. Some people are saving because they’re eating out way less, others because they’re not traveling for vacation. But the massive...

work

July 28, 2020

I May Never Go Back To Work Again

Regular readers know I scaled down to 20 hours a week in 2017 after 23 years at my W2 job. Since then I’ve been going in twice a week, two ten hour days, and it’s been glorious. I’ve used my...