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An Experiment in Retirement: August 2011
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Sunday, August 28, 2011. Now is the time. Even in Kyoto, I long for Kyoto – Basho. On paper, I have all the free time I can handle. And yet I don’t have enough of it. This summer, my wife and I rented a condo in downtown Chicago for three months. We wanted to enjoy the city. The idea was to take leisurely walks and explore whatever caught our fancy. A summer vacation in our own city. The destination. This is it. The real tric...
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An Experiment in Retirement: Biggest Worry
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Deep down, what is your biggest worry? That someday I could become unexpectedly physically incapable, and my savings won't be enough to cover my healthcare costs. I really believe that we can weather all other contingencies. For now, we have a high deductible health insurance. But healthcare costs are where we are rolling the dice. October 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM. You ask, was it worth it? These days, ...
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An Experiment in Retirement: January 2011
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Wednesday, January 5, 2011. My Most Enjoyed in 2010 List. Most Enjoyed in 2010. Most enjoyed classic: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Why An Economy Grows, and How it Crashes. Happiness Books – The Happiness Project. Richard Dawkins DVD set – Growing Up in the Universe. Himalaya by Michael Palin (BBC). The Social Network, A Year of Saturdays, Bard Songs, Certified Copy. Managing to avoid the 2010-11 Midwest winter.
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An Experiment in Retirement: Year End Sunset
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Hen this calendar year ends, I am planning to stop updating this blog. I have been at this 'Time Off' thing for 3.5 years. I will have 2 more months to make any new posts. I will try to post my lessons learned (hopefully they won't be platitudes.) There will be around 200 posts in all. Ram, are you planning to come out of your sabbatical? I wish you best of luck. November 2, 2011 at 1:43 PM. Take ...
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An Experiment in Retirement: February 2011
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Saturday, February 26, 2011. How An Economy Grows, and Why it Crashes. My friend Kalyan liked the book " How an Economy Grows, and Why It Crashes. So much that he bought 4 copies, and gifted one to us. That's how I came to know about and read the book. The story starts with 3 guys (Able, Baker and Charlie) stranded in an island where they have to catch fish by hand daily to survive. Each and every concept of trade and eco...
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An Experiment in Retirement: December 2011
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Wednesday, December 7, 2011. What I learned from my Volunteering attemtpts. I wanted to share a little of what I learned about volunteering. First let me share the background of my volunteering efforts. The lessons are at the end of this post. Once we left our jobs, my wife and I looked for volunteering opportunities. We did try out several. (I am a big fan of the "marketplace" model that VolunteerInfo.net. They kept asking m...
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An Experiment in Retirement: Tim O'Reilly - Just don't run out of gas
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Sunday, October 23, 2011. Tim O'Reilly - Just don't run out of gas. To me, the following analogy by Tim O'Reilly seems to be referring to 'money during retirement'. When thinking about how much is enough, the metaphor of 'gas for the road trip' seems very apt. Replace "profit in a business" with "money during retirement." I have referred to the quote before, but I read it today in Tim's Google post. May 7, 2013 at 10:22 PM.
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An Experiment in Retirement: June 2011
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Monday, June 20, 2011. Emphasizing Mind over Material. Discussions around the concept of time versus money interest me. I recently came across a couple of articles that discuss wealthy people's non-conventional approaches to spending their money. The first one is an article in the LA Times. By Jessica Guynn) wherein she writes about how the new Silicon Valley millionaires who are shunning the traditional materialism. At some ...
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An Experiment in Retirement: November 2011
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Sunday, November 6, 2011. The Happiness Book that influenced me the most. His is a long overdue post. While commenting on one of my posts on happiness, Chris P. asked me two questions: 1.What's the best happiness book you have read; and 2. Are you happier now? The first question is easier to answer. Without a doubt it is Stumbling on Happiness. By Harvard's professor Daniel Gilbert. Many of these concepts had a deep impact on...
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An Experiment in Retirement: September 2011
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An Experiment in Retirement. Is Early Retirement A Myth or Can it be a Reality? Thursday, September 29, 2011. What you really need to get by. Or nearly three years now, my wife and I have tried to be ' location independent people. No apartments with long term leases. We move from place to place, seeing if we can make this mode work. Everything else is only 'nice to have.'. Links to this post. Tuesday, September 27, 2011. A Few Quick posts. All of that has stifled my output. So take the next few posts wit...
