Success at last

What is success to you ? Is it becoming a millionaaire or achieving financial independance? Well money is in fact one measure of succeess but its not the only one, and sometimes when we depend on money as a measurement, it can leave us wanting. You have to ask what is our goal in life? …

Bottoming Out

Friends and family have had to listen to my rants over the last couple of months, and some of what I have told them is starting to get through. I have long said, we were due from some kind of down turn and because of my "Investment Horizon" I have been funneling money into non …

Starting to get FIRED up…

So, what the hell is this all about, why only a trickle of posts... what is the format for this BLOG ? This blog is the start of my Retirement Process. The one thing I do not want to happen is I get to the final date (3years) and wind up with nothing to do. …

What is Retirement?

LWWYM, is not about FIRE, for that there are plenty of blog sites, and they are great. Lots of cool information, and life hacks to get you on your way. Its about living today, now, with what you have but not accepting this is where you will be in 10, 20, 30 years. Ok, so …

How Much is Enough?

I like this post... http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/proof-you-can-live-off-50-of-your-income/ It really says it all, but I have always wondered, in a major city, what is the bare minimum that a person needs to survive. Would you believe, its nothing? True, I don't recommend it, but its a starting point. If you were to come to my city right now, …

Which comes first, the chicken or the egg…

Chicken and Egg

What is Living Well ?

What is living well to you? I guess it depends on your own personal situation, age, job, relationships, location, and desires in life. Nakita the Butterfly, lives on nothing, takes odd jobs here and there, lives in a tent on the side of the road, and does yoga. (yes this is a real person) she …