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Category Archives: Early Retirement
Walking Away From the Law
I have 269 days left of the practice of law; not that I’m counting. I will be fifty-six at the end of the year, which means I’m leaving the practice during my peak earning potential. I could go to another … Continue reading
Posted in Early Retirement, Great Bear Rainforest, Law, Lawyer, Photography, Retirement, Spirit Bear, Travel, Wildlife Photography, Writing
Tagged Alaska, Blogging, British Columbia, Digital Photography, Early Retirement, Great Bear Rainforest, Leaving the Law, Nature Photography, Photography, Recovering Lawyer, Retirement, Spirit Bear, Wildlife Photography, WordPress, Writing Life
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Unofficially Official
When last we met, I had concluded with near certainty that my position with BigLaw was reaching the end. I’ve been wanting to leave for years. In fact, when I returned from Belize, a trip with which I rewarded myself … Continue reading
Posted in 4 Percent Rule, Africa, Attorney, BigLaw, BigLawBoss, Botswana, Early Retirement, Frugality, Lions, Retirement, Wildlife
Tagged ACA, Africa Safari, African Lions, Botswana, Botswana Safari, Early Retirement, Leaving the Law, Lions, MAGI, Marginal Adjusted Gross Income, Retirement
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The End of Lawyering Is Nigh
I’ve been practicing law for twenty-four years. That makes twenty-four years engaged in a profession I don’t enjoy. I know I’m not alone here: Many lawyers dislike lawyering. There’s an entire industry geared toward helping lawyers leave the practice of … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Attorney, BigLaw, BigLawBoss, Botswana, Early Retirement, Finance, Finances, Fuck You Money, Gender Bias at Law Firms, Getting Unstuck, Investing, Law, Law Firm Gender Bias, Lawyer, Mid-Life, Personal Finance, Practice of Law, Women Lawyers
Tagged BigLaw, Early Retirement
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The more things change . . .
Two years ago, as my mother was dying from Alzheimer’s, I wondered how my life would be different once she was gone. I felt as if I was suspended between my life before the deaths of my nuclear family, and … Continue reading
Now what?
Being a mid-life “orphan” is disorienting. As I contemplate what I want to do for the rest of my life, who I want to be, I realize how much time I spend looking over my shoulder for objections, judgments, or … Continue reading
Line In the BigLaw Sand
Line in the sand is a metaphor that means, “I’m not going past this point, mothertrucker.” Wikipedia has the origin of the phrase perhaps going back to biblical times. Being a Texas transplant, I’m more familiar with its usage at … Continue reading
Posted in BigLaw, Early Retirement, Texas History
Tagged Alamo, Alamo Line in the Sand, Battle of the Alamo, BigLaw, Colonel William Travis, Early Retirement, Financial Independence, General Santa Anna, I Hate Being a Lawyer, Investing, Line in the Sand, Personal Finance, Quitting the Law, San Anotonio, Texas History, The Alamo
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It’s my life.
Over the past several years, I’ve been working on remaking my life. I dumped the loser “fiance,” got off the antidepressants, took control of my financial life, and stopped drinking booze. Within the next year or two, I’ll have ditched … Continue reading
Posted in Early Retirement
Tagged BigLaw, Early Retirement, Family, Quitting Law, Retirement
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Freeloading Family
My nephew is a freeloader. Yesterday, after years of back and forth, I traveled to Houston to put a stop to it. My mother’s oldest grandson, in his early thirties, has lived in her home (in a garage apartment) for … Continue reading
Posted in Early Retirement, Elderly Parents, Freeloading Family, Retirement
Tagged Alcoholism, Canada, Early Retirement, Elderly Parents, Family, Family Freeloader, Freeloader, Frugality, Gitche Gumee, Lake Superior, Moocher, Ontario Canada, Retirement, Sobriety, stress, Stress Reduction, Stupid SUVs
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Late Bloomer
As I move closer to walking away from BigLaw, I often think: if only I knew “then” what I know now. If only I knew it was possible to retire by 50 (or even 40) if I’d started early. Luckily, … Continue reading
Posted in BigLaw, Early Retirement, Personal Finance
Tagged BigLaw, Early Retirement, Eff You Money, F-You Money, Financial Independence, JL Collins, Living A FI, Mad FIentist, Money, Mr. Money Mustache, Overdrive, Personal Finance, Public Library, Retirement, Stock Series, Women and Money, Your Money Or Your Life
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F$$$ You Money
Learning the art of frugality has proven to be important for a multitude of reasons. Not the least of which is that it sets you on a path to freedom. Spending little, saving more, forsaking consumerism. All key elements to … Continue reading
