Relaxed financial independence
[This post about my flight home from Hawaii may contain affiliate links at no cost to you] I was up early and feeling like crap as I was dealing with a full blow cold here. That would make for a crappy flight home from Hawaii. At the very least, it hit me near the end [...]
[This portfolio review about 2018 portfolio returns may contain affiliate links at no cost to you] Welcome to the first portfolio review of 2019! The new year is always a good time to look back and see how I did in 2018. My 2018 portfolio returns looked good until about October when the market started [...]
We were up early and eager to head over to Volcanoes National Park. The park and the volcano was the reason we actually came to the Big Island. Originally, the plan was to spend 10 days in Kauai then come to the Big Island to finish our trip. However, the active lava flows that started [...]
Is 2018 the year I reach 10000 dollars in annual dividends? Can Steve work hard enough to make it happen? Will Timmy find his red ball that was taken by the big kids? Do dogs go to heaven? Tune in this month to find out! Well, at least you'll find out one of those things. [...]
We had a few hours to kill before our flight. We didn't want to waste our final day in Maui so we decided to make some pit stops. First, after having a ton of shave ice on Kauai, we couldn't leave without trying the best Maui Shave Ice. Ululani's Shave Ice had a location right [...]
You can call them resolutions or you can call them personal goals but the end result is the same; the hope of improvement in the new year. It's 2019 and another year is in the books. It's trite but right to say how fast time flies. I started the year engaged, content with my boring [...]
Haleakala A.K.A. Mars on earth was our destination for day 13. I call it Mars because it sure as hell doesn't look or feel like Earth up there but I'll let the pictures show that. Our initial plan to do the Road to Hana was squashed again as the long ride didn't seem appealing given [...]
Welcome to the second in an interview series about happiness. You can check out interview #1 for a breakdown of what this series is about but in simple terms, it's about happiness and what it means to people. Happiness can be complicated but it's always something we're looking to achieve. In addition, we all have [...]