Caroline

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I feel lucky that I have always had good money management habits – e.g., I don’t overspend, I save and invest regularly. Therefore, I don’t think much about basic money management strategies, and I don’t cover these tips in this blog. However, I was reading a great money habits post from PlanEasy, and it struck me how much the widely accepted good money management rules also apply to time management. [...]

Some FIRE proponents interpret the “Retire Early” part of FIRE to mean retiring in your 30’s or even 20’s. Maybe it’s because I’m in my 40’s, but I still believe retiring in your 40’s or 50’s is retiring early. I certainly believe that the pursuit of FIRE becomes more important in your 40’s, 50’s and beyond, even if FIRE is just about the “Financial Independence” half. You may love your [...]

This excursion is one of several we took in and around New York City in late May and early June 2019, taking advantage of a few days with really nice weather! Check out the whole series: Untermyer GardensPeggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical GardenGovernor’s IslandStaten Island FerryOld Croton Aqueduct And Ossining Weir (current post) ====== The Old Croton Aqueduct was created as a system to feed water to [...]

This excursion is one of several we took in and around New York City in late May and early June 2019, taking advantage of a few days with really nice weather! Check out the whole series: Untermyer GardensPeggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical GardenGovernor’s IslandStaten Island Ferry (current post)Old Croton Aqueduct And Ossining Weir ====== Right next to the Governor’s Island Ferry terminal is the Staten Island Ferry [...]

This excursion is one of several we took in and around New York City in late May and early June 2019, taking advantage of a few days with really nice weather! Check out the whole series: Untermyer GardensPeggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical GardenGovernor’s Island (current post)Staten Island FerryOld Croton Aqueduct And Ossining Weir ====== Governor’s Island is a place I visited several times when I was in [...]

This excursion is one of several we took in and around New York City in late May and early June 2019, taking advantage of a few days with really nice weather! Check out the whole series: Untermyer GardensPeggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical Garden (current post)Governor’s IslandStaten Island FerryOld Croton Aqueduct And Ossining Weir ====== We recently visited the New York Botanical Garden to take advantage of the [...]

This excursion is one of several we took in and around New York City in late May and early June 2019, taking advantage of a few days with really nice weather! Check out the whole series: Untermyer Gardens (current post)Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical GardenGovernor’s IslandStaten Island FerryOld Croton Aqueduct And Ossining Weir ====== Untermyer Gardens is one of the excursions we took near our home in [...]

When you live in a place, it’s easy to take the sites and activities for granted. As native New Yorkers, it’s especially easy because the work pace of this city is so fast. However, having untethered from office work, we finally have the time and mental bandwidth to visit the places on our excursion wish list. We keep a running list of places we want to visit, so that when [...]