For about four years, Dianne and I had been considering downsizing from our single-family home to a smaller townhouse. We felt that living in a smaller footprint would limit the need for remodeling as well as give us less room to accumulate more stuff. We imagined that we would be living a simpler life. Since […]
Archives for January 2016
Retirement Dream of Not Working on Monday
Do you find yourself fretting every Sunday evening, hating the idea of having to go into work the next day? I find when Sunday night rolls around each weekend and the reality of working on Monday sets in, it is both frustrating and motivating to refocus on accomplishing my early retirement dream. This is the […]
Do we have a case of the New Year Blahs?
I have noticed the last couple of weeks have been quiet in the PF blogging world. What I mean is it seems like there is less engagement and dialog with our readers and other sites in general, resulting in far less comments. Our blog site is a good example of that. Is it because of […]
Slow Travel: Giving Me Time to Reflect
I had a great trip last Friday on Amtrak traveling to Colorado. The purpose of the visit was for a mixture of work, pleasure, and simply experiencing a change of pace. The pace of the JOMY (Just One More Year) household has been nothing but frantic over the last few months. The train trip has […]
We’re Debt Free: The Dave Ramsey Interview
This is probably the article I have dreamt of writing the most since the beginning of the blog “Just One More Year”. In fact, I have been formulating this in my mind for years. This goes back prior to when I first thought of creating a PF blog and becoming an avid reader of ERE […]
Challenges with a Remodel: Our Experience with the Downsized Home
The last few weeks have been quite chaotic while working through the upcoming sale of our home and the new purchase of our downsized residence. We encountered several challenges with home inspection items of the home we are selling. This took weeks to resolve. We took on some quick remodel projects on the new residence, […]