Guest Posts Archives - Route to Retire

My Homeschooling Review After One Interesting Year

11 Comments / Education, Guest Posts, Kids, Life in Early Retirement / By Lisa @ Route to Retire / June 5, 2020 June 5, 2020

After a year of teaching Faith ourselves (mostly Lisa), she was nice enough to give us a homeschooling review. For those of you who aren’t familiar, Lisa and I were both blessed enough to retire from our jobs. I left my job at the end of 2018 after 20 years in IT. Then in 2019, we sold everything and moved to Panama with just two suitcases each. We decided not to get residency here yet until we’ve had a chance …

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Finder Interviewed Me about the FIRE Movement!

Leave a Comment / Guest Posts, Podcasts and Other Appearances / By Jim @ Route To Retire / March 4, 2020 March 4, 2020

I’m excited to share that I was just interviewed on Finder! If you’re not familiar, Finder.com runs the popular site that helps others make better life decisions. Whether it’s finding a new credit card, buying a home, or getting health insurance. I was actually surprised to see how many different areas Finder provides help with. They currently have over 50 categories with comparisons and guides. On top of it, all the information is free, which we all know is my …

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Guest Interview on Financially Alert

2 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Guest Posts / By Jim @ Route To Retire / January 15, 2020 January 14, 2020

Michael Quan started his blog, Financially Alert, right about the same time as I started Route to Retire (early 2015). The big difference is that Michael was already financially independent when his blog came out. He crushed it and retired from the corporate world at 36 in 2012… how cool is that?! I think we’ve followed each others’ journeys since our sites came out. We finally had an opportunity to meet at the FinCon personal finance conference a couple of years …

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Homeschooling Research… Aarrgghh!!!!

22 Comments / Education, Guest Posts, Panama / By Lisa @ Route to Retire / May 24, 2019 May 24, 2019

With the Panama adventure around the corner, one of the big tasks on the list has been homeschooling research. Until we decide we want to pursue residency in Panama, we’ll need to leave the country periodically to comply with tourism laws. Because of that, it makes more sense for us to homeschool our daughter for at least that first year. The good news for me is that Mrs. R2R has taken on the challenge over the past several months of …

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An Interview with My Daughter about Our Crazy Plans

18 Comments / Guest Posts, Kids, Travel and Vacation / By Jim @ Route To Retire / April 9, 2019 April 5, 2019

We all know that everyone loves to hear from my daughter on here more than me. So I thought that this time I’d bring her back as an interviewee. Most of you think that our plans to move out of the country later this year are pretty bold but cool (albeit, a little crazy). But the problem is that you’re only getting my perspective on our upcoming plans. And I know a lot of you want to know what the …

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It Takes More than Money – My Interview on Retire By 40

3 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Guest Posts, Life in Early Retirement / By Jim @ Route To Retire / April 4, 2019 September 24, 2019

A lot of you already know that Joe from Retire By 40 was my inspiration for heading down the path to FIRE. He gave me the kick in the pants I needed to realize that early retirement was possible. I took a week off of work when my daughter was born in 2010. When I had to go back to work after that and couldn’t be with her throughout the days after, it crushed me. I struggled, but I thought …

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The Importance of Balance – Frugality vs. Overspending

10 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Guest Posts, Saving, Spending / By Lisa @ Route to Retire / March 15, 2019 September 24, 2019

Saving every penny and pushing frugality to its limit or spending every penny to live for today. How does the Route to Retire family handle their spending? Good news! After a lot of prodding, I think I might have been able to convince Mrs. R2R to do some occasional guest posting. Hopefully, you’ll see some more of these in the mix. She told me she’s hoping to write a post on the process she’s gone through in figuring out homeschooling …

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Interview on the FIRE Stories Site

2 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Guest Posts, Life in Early Retirement / By Jim @ Route To Retire / February 10, 2019 September 24, 2019

Hey everyone – just wanted to let you know about an interview I just did for Tim Pittman at FIRE Stories. FIRE Stories is a newer site that Tim started just this past January. He interviews folks who have achieved financial independence and retired early. His aim is to determine how they got to where they are today, what mistakes they’ve made along the way, and garner advice on how to start adopting the FIRE mindset. I didn’t know Tim when …

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Christopher Guest Post on Physician on FIRE

Leave a Comment / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Guest Posts / By Jim @ Route To Retire / January 24, 2019 September 24, 2019

I first met the face behind Physician on FIRE at FinCon17. Not only did he turn out to be a good guy, but he was giving out koozies for free… I love free swag! Physician on FIRE and I have a few things in common: Our blogs are both a handful of years old (mine started in 2015 and PoF’s in 2016) We’re both 43 – we’re aging like fine wines! We’ve both spent a little bit of time in …

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Meet My Daughter on Women Who Money

Leave a Comment / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Guest Posts, Kids / By Jim @ Route To Retire / November 30, 2018 September 24, 2019

You’re probably bored with me rambling all the time (who isn’t?!). Well, I’ve got good news for you! This post is intended to let you hear what my daughter has to say instead! Although she’s only eight, she’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’s always been a good kid and she’s a thinker. Her smarts make me raise an eyebrow sometimes with the things she says. You’d think that with a brain like hers that she’d be no …

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