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  • I Quit My Job!!

    Welcome back! Please strap in for a dramatic telling of this past quarter’s events. How It Started The general outline of tasks related to quitting my job began by going exactly according to plan and then branched off into unanticipated spokes as I suppose most plans tend to do. We paid off my Spouse’s student loans!!! Boom! We decided to accelerate the payoff so that it was one less payment to carry into my funemployment. Those loans have been with us for our entire relationship and now they are gone. And the hole they left is … delicious to my…

  • Step 2: Give My Notice

    The journey to coast FIRE is about to take a leap forward folks. I have a plan! I am going to GIVE MY NOTICE!! I am excited! I am anxious! I am happy! I am nervous! Layers of feelings! All at once! The condo still has not sold (WHAT) so we will need to consider that payment going forward. What I’ve done to prepare so far: Several months ago, I very smoothly, dripping in absolute nonchalance, asked my boss how people typically give notice for our department. Answer was a standard two-weeks. Sweet! On my last return to office trip,…

  • The Finish Line is Murky

    Hi FIRE Flowers! Lately when I’ve been reading FIRE blogs I’ve been feeling impostor syndrome creeping in because other FIRE people have crystal clear numbers, plans, and goals. They know their, well, everything, with so much more clarity than I feel like I do. I started this FIRE journey following a classic technical path with a finish line of $1.5M that will generate the $60k/year we need. Clean, clear, concise. But just over a year ago, I started to prioritize quality of life over full fire and began dabbling with coast FIRE concepts. I run scenarios and numbers and change…

  • 2025 Year End Wrap Up

    Ah my favorite post of the year is here! Time to see how 2025 shook out. Taking a moment for a personal look back – I was a pretty big fan of the year. Our first full year as Baltimoreans. We experienced every season of the city! It was fantastic. And I feel more knowledgeable on how to structure plans in the coming year. We’ve signed another 15 month lease at our place! Big items of personal accomplishment this year include: We adopted Wyatt I learned Sudoku (even the hard levels!) I beat my first videogame (Blue Price) My partner…

  • Solo Traveling

    I love to travel by myself. I have always enjoyed trips with friends, and I love traveling with my spouse, but a passion that I never imagined for myself was traveling alone. So I’m going to write about it! How it started Let me set the scene: It’s 2021. COVID is the whole thing. We wear masks when we leave the house. I am working fully remote. I am lonely. I discover fountain pens! I order a couple online! I love them! I decide it would be really cool to buy them in-person at a stationary store. A stationary store…