March 2025

Cruise Ship Internet Sharing: How I Bypassed the Hotspot Restriction

18 Comments / Travel and Vacation, Life in Early Retirement / Jim @ Route To Retire / March 25, 2025

Another day, another cruise. 🙂 Our year of travel continues! We just got back from another Caribbean cruise. This was a 7-night vacation on MSC Cruises and we were fortunate to be joined by some friends this time. We also had two “free” cabins through the casino from our quest to gain free cruises last year, so we hooked up our Panama friends with one of them. See, I can be nice sometimes! It was a great cruise and we […]

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Hunting for the Great Deal vs Just Working a Little More

10 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Spending, Travel and Vacation / Jim @ Route To Retire / March 11, 2025

I love a great deal. I imagine most people are like that regardless of how much or how little money they have. There’s something satisfying about the whole idea of getting a bargain – almost as if you somehow won “the game” (whatever that game is). But in most cases, scoring a great deal (particularly online) involves some effort on your part. And sometimes getting that great deal can involve a lot of time and effort. Unfortunately, at times, putting

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Hi, I'm Jim - I'm just a regular guy who figured out the path to financial freedom and early retirement for myself and my family.

I retired from my corporate job at the end of 2018 at the age of 43. We then moved to the country of Panama in the summer of 2019 for a new adventure where we lived until 2022. Yup, you heard that right... the country of Panama!

We're back in the U.S. now and, after traveling the country in an RV for 8 months, we sold the RV, found a new place to live, and continue traveling often.

I'm hoping you'll join me on our journey as I talk about what I've learned so far and as we figure out ways to optimize our strategy. I like to talk a lot of about travel as well, including sharing tips that I've found helpful. Plus, I'll throw in some thoughts about how I'm striving to become a better person (physically, mentally, and spiritually).

If you're new to the site, be sure to check out my story.