Financially Possible

I’ve been retired for 9 months now. Am I still retired? Yes. Are we still in a position for both me and Nina (MsFinancialLiteracy) to remain retired? Yes.

Occasionally I’ll see on LinkedIn: “Someone with the job title Recruiter viewed your profile.” Hahahaha. I’m thinking, “Good luck with that.” I’m easily amused and I view this as a beneficial trait. Laughter is good for the soul.

The last time I provided an update on our scoreboard was 175 days ago. Since that time, our snowball has grown from $1,711,700 (December 14th 2017) to $1,753,200 (June 6th 2018). To understand why I decided to be open about revealing our number, I recommend reading my original scoreboard post.

During this time, we’ve had many amazing travels as a family including a two week trip to Côte d’Azur (aka the French Rivieria). I consider this region one of the best places on Earth.

The $41,500 increase doesn’t represent our full market gains, because we have been drawing down our cash and living off of dividends and interest. In fact, we’ve sold $4,000 worth of municipal bonds at one point in January. This is because we have some of our cash tied up. We’d rather have larger, less-frequent sales rather than smaller, more frequent sales. This is because of the $6.95 transaction cost with each trade.

I have much to say about the many awesome experiences that retirement has enabled. And the amazing people I’ve been able to connect with at a deeper level. However, I think I’ll save this type of sharing for future posts. In the meantime, I invite you to read from a selection of some of my other posts based upon whatever suits your fancy:

Let’s Tell Hunger To Take a Hike

Your 2038 US Secretary of Education

Love For Finance

Leveraging the NBA to Improve Financial Literacy

WildFIRE

Building Connections for Bigger Changes

If your preference is for video, then I share more information for free there as well using my YouTube channel.