On Monday, I accomplished the cleaning out of clothes. I don’t know that I utilized many of those seemingly helpful tips I found, although I know I kept a few 7’s that I wasn’t supposed to. Overall, I removed 3 trash bags of clothes. Not too shabby. Tuesday, we worked out super early, like we […]
Free Week At Home Finally
This is the first week I will actually be spending entirely in Charlotte without having to work. We had an awesome week traveling to Indiana two weeks ago then I worked three days last week. We went to visit family in Indy and got to partake in the 2025 back to school cycle, but now […]
Full-time Employment and Having Children Provide Purpose
SJ#072225Having a full-time job is similar to having children. Aside from a child being an actual full-time job, they both provide an immediate sense of purpose or sense of accomplishing something without having to think about it. It gives a baseline value to your existence. Now that I have neither, it is something I will […]
UMAAD
It’s pretty clear I have a case of Undiagnosed Moderate Adult Attention Disorder (UMAAD). UMAAD is characterized by the constant shifting of focus, making little to very tiny incremental progress on any given task. If you find yourself with multiple browsers open each consisting of 7-10 tabs consisting of things you might want to go […]
Birthday Again
Another year down. Having a half birthday on January 1st breaks up the year into two perfect halves. The New Year and a birthday provide similar potential for reflection and false hope for improvement. Most people don’t make birthday resolutions, but I do entertain the notion of “maybe I should do this or that now […]
Easing the Work Burden
The “retirement” that I have been seeking is not a total cessation of work or making income. I simply desire to be required to work less days than I am off per week. It appears that my part-time situation may have finally presented itself. There is a chance that in three months time, I could […]
Easier Access to More Money For Early Retirement: Updated IRS SEPP Rules For 2022
With the new IRS Sepp rules in 2022, it makes it easier to access more funds to help bridge the gap to traditional retirement age.
Merry COVID Christmas.
This year for Christmas, Megan gave me a tennis racket and COVID. Our theory is she picked it up while trying out some new gyms before the holidays. Once she brought it home, it was inevitable that I would get it despite trying to quarantine from each other in 724 sq feet of space. Despite […]
Lingering Work Dread
After years of suffering with an extreme case of work dread every other week, apparently it takes time to heal. Taking an extended break (over a month off) from regularly scheduled work probably doesn’t make it any easier to start a new regular 5 days/week routine. The past two weeks I got a taste of […]
Work Dread
Work Dread is the feeling of dread that ruins your mood a day or more before you actually have to go to work. Work Dread is struggling to enjoy your days off because you can’t keep your mind off of the impending doom of returning to work. In severe cases of Work Dread, you regularly […]