FIRE Pitfalls (part one)

Early retirement is wonderful.  My time is my own.  Weekdays, weekends, who cares?  Sometimes I forget what day of the week it is.  Or what day of the month.  This can lead to money-management issues.  I’ll share two of them here that happened in the same month. A few weeks after I left employment I took a celebratory trip that lasted five weeks.  I was mostly hiking and camping, so during that time I was in and out of communication with the outside world.  Mostly out, not because...

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