Back when I was originally considering early retirement in the 2000’s, I though I could pull it off with 300k to 500k. When I most recently started saving, my target was 1.2MM. Now that I am married, my target has crept up again to 1.2MM to 1.5MM. Part of this is lifestyle creep. My expensesContinue reading “Beating Inflation”
Author Archives: Ryan
Why Portugal
One of the things I need to consider when retiring is where do I want to do it. I could retire my current city of Seattle. However, the cost of living here is pretty high, even by United States standards. It generally works out in that I make more working here than I would makeContinue reading “Why Portugal”
Me vs The Machines
I currently have funds in several sources. Individually owned stocks and ETF’s make up my brokerage account. I also have investments at a Robo Advisor, Betterment, where the machines decide where to put my money. Additionally, the 401K with my current job has some high fee mutual funds, don’t really have much of a choiceContinue reading “Me vs The Machines”
GameStop
I had originally written this a part of a post, but then I my writing diverged from my original topic, and realized that this isn’t really connected to the original post. GameStop, GME, has had a hell of a run, being up 1625% per the below chart over the past month, largely due to peopleContinue reading “GameStop”
Traveling the World via Google Street View
Its been a few months since I’ve gotten out. Before 2020 my wife an I would generally take one big international trip per year, as well as a few mini trips, where we would take a bus to Portland, Vancouver, or a quick flight to San Francisco or Las Vegas. We would also make timeContinue reading “Traveling the World via Google Street View”
Environmental Sustainability and FIRE
As a FIRE investor using individual stocks as a part of my portfolio, not every company I take a position in is going to end up profitable. Often companies I purchase go nowhere, or just remain in a relativley narow band for a long time. Given my goal of early retirement, I don’t really haveContinue reading “Environmental Sustainability and FIRE”
Dry Pandemic
For the past three years, I have started the year off with a dry January, where as I have my last drink on New Years eve, watching the ball drop with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, then stop drinking altogether. The first year, it was just the month of January, last year, 2020, I startedContinue reading “Dry Pandemic”
A Place for Coffee
One of our favorite activities is watching real-estate reality shows on Hulu, such as ‘Island Life’, ‘Caribbean Life’, and ‘House Hunters International’. The shows are pretty much all the same format with an individual or couple looking to buy a place with a list of requirements, and a price point that makes it difficult forContinue reading “A Place for Coffee”
And here I go….
Hello, thank you for visiting. As I was setting up this blog, I told my wife I had gotten the domain ‘andhereigo.com’, to which her response was, go where. I suppose I should explain that. I am currently working towards FIRE (Financially Independent Retire Early). I began by following other blogs and decided that theContinue reading “And here I go….”
And here I go..... 