Being American, on average, we get 10 vacation days per year. Generally that number increases as your tenure with your company increases. One of the benefits of sticking with one job for an extended period of time is the increased amount of vacation time that is supposed to come with being at a company forContinue reading “The Curse of Unlimited Time Off”
Author Archives: Ryan
Illinois 2021
After being locked down for over a year and a half, finally I am getting out again. A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to San Francisco, and now, I’m going to Illinois, the state where I spend the first 35 years of my life, with the exception of a few months in California IContinue reading “Illinois 2021”
San Francisco
So finally, after being essentially home confined for the past year and a half, were back to traveling again. Sure, there have been some quick road trips from Seattle, post COVID, but this is the first time we’ve traveled involving getting on a plane since this whole pandemic began back in February 2020. This trip,Continue reading “San Francisco”
Another year
To celebrate me getting another year old, my wife and I headed out from Seattle to Bremerton Washington. The purpose of this trip is really twofold. First, to celebrate me getting another year older and the second is to scope out the real estate market of Bremerton. Covid Covid has had quite an impact atContinue reading “Another year”
Continued Learning
I am currently attempting a couple of projects that involve trying to expand my skill set. For instance, learning Portuguese for my long term retirement plan, as well as learning Python and R for my current career as a data analyst. I’ve been a bit out of the learning loop for a while, figuring myContinue reading “Continued Learning”
The Need for a Strategy
As I write this, the price of Bitcoin has been plunging. I now realize I have blogged about Bitcoin a couple of times at this point, and it’s not really my intention to make this a bitcoin blog, rather a blog about my journey to a retirement abroad. Bitcoin is a piece of that strategy.Continue reading “The Need for a Strategy”
Reopening
March 4th, 2020, a date that will live in infamy. This was the date that my mega corporation told us that all employee to head home with their laptops, and they would be working from home for the next two weeks. Here in Seattle, we had just had the country’s first COVID related death. SomeContinue reading “Reopening”
FOMO
One of the most basic principles of investing is to buy low, sell high. Generally this is easier said than done. When you do sell a stock, or any asset, there is generally someone on the other side who believes that the price of that asset is going to increase, even if you think thatContinue reading “FOMO”
Children
I would be a terrible parent. I am likely way too socially awkward to do a lot of the social situations that being a parent requires, playdates, PTA meetings etc. There was a time in the mid 2000’s when my wife at that time did want to have kids, and I largely played along. Fortunately,Continue reading “Children”
Pandemic Hours
One thing I have noticed since the pandemic began nearly a year ago is the death of the 8 hour workday. Sure, I shouldn’t complain too much, after all, I am still employed even if I am working from home now instead of commuting into an office every day, I am continuing to draw aContinue reading “Pandemic Hours”
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