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Category Archives: Early Retirement
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
House of Cards
My suspicions were correct: my boss is cheating on his wife. At the risk of turning my blog into a BigLaw drama, I present to you an account of how his shenanigans were confirmed.* *Yes, I wrote that last phrase … Continue reading
Posted in Affair, BigLaw, Early Retirement, Retirement
Tagged BigLaw, Early Retirement, House of Cards, Retirement
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Lawyers At Sunset
I read an article in the Texas Lawyer yesterday: The Graying Tsunami: As Baby Boom Lawyers Reach 65, More Choose to Work Into the Sunset “In the past 10 years, the state’s over-65 lawyer population has grown from 8 to … Continue reading
Posted in Antidepressants, BigLaw, Canada, Depression, Early Retirement, Lake Superior, Ontario, Photography, Practice of Law, Retirement
Tagged Antidepressants, Attorney, Attorney at Law, BigLaw, Canada, Chipmunks, Depression, Early Retirement, Gitch Gumee, Lake Superior, Lawyers, nature, Nature Photography, Ontario, Overachievers, Photography, Practice of Law, Quitting the Law, Retirement, Retirement from the Law, Sunrise, Sunset, Sunsets, Tom Petty
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Operation Non-Legal Eagle
This bird is lucky. He is not a legal eagle. He is a Bald Eagle. A non-legal eagle. One day, I aspire to emulate this bird; to also not be a legal eagle. I’ve become a bit obsessed about this … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Day Sober Challenge, 4 Percent Rule, Attorney, Bald Eagle, BigLaw, Birding, Birds, Early Retirement, Finance, Finances, Great Bear Rainforest, Lawyer, Nature, Photography, Retirement, Sobriety
Tagged 4 Percent Rule, Attorney, Bald Eagle, BigLaw, Birds, Early Retirement, Finance, Finances, Great Bear Rainforest, Lawyer, nature, Photography
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Living Without Lines
Yesterday I hit Day 120 of booze-free living. Things are beginning to gel. I’m beginning to see the not drinking as part of a bigger picture. Part of the overall goal that I have for my life now that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Early Retirement, Finance, Frugality, Sobriety
Tagged Adult Coloring Book, Alcohol, Alcoholism, BigLaw, Colored Pencils, Coloring Book, Coloring for Grownups, Debt, Early Retirement, Finance, Finances, Financial Advice, Freedom, Frugal, Frugality, Index Funds, Morgan Stanley, Retirement, Sobriety, Vanguard
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