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As mentioned in my sixth month review of semi-retirement, there were a few things about it that took me by surprise. If you’ve read the first post in this series, you’ll know that other people’s reaction (or lack of) to … Continue reading →

My first year of semi-retirement is over. This series has taken you through how it was, what we spent and what we earned. Now, let’s cover our plans for 2022.

Money makes the world go round, or so we’re told. For many, what they earn dictates what they spend. As mentioned in Part 2 of this series, our spending didn’t really change even though we earned less than usual. Perhaps … Continue reading →

Welcome to The Australian Blogger Interview Series. We noticed the Australian personal finance community growing, mostly through our interactions on Twitter and we wanted to continue to foster this great camaraderie. We’ve reached out to as many Australian personal finance … Continue reading →

I recently summarised my first year of semi-retirement as one of happiness and gratitude. I was less stressed and more relaxed, especially about money.

Perception is a funny thing. I had no intention of writing a Part 1a to my recap of my first year of semi-retirement. I planned to move onto Part 2 (spending), Part 3 (earnings) and Part 4 (what’s next). However, … Continue reading →

Around about the time you’re reading this, I will have clocked up one full year of semi-retirement. And what a year it was. For all intents and purposes, I was semi-retired for 2021. I had a couple of weeks of … Continue reading →

Last week, it was the one year anniversary of my last physical day in full-time employment. My, my, how time flies.

As I alluded to back in June, a few things about my six months of early retirement surprised me. I wanted to share what those were in a bit of a series of blog posts. I hope you enjoy but … Continue reading →

Welcome to The Australian Blogger Interview Series. We noticed the Australian personal finance community growing, mostly through our interactions on Twitter and we wanted to continue to foster this great camaraderie. We’ve reached out to as many Australian personal finance … Continue reading →