abandoned cubicle

11/07/2025

https://www.abandonedcubicle.com/retirement-is-complicated/

10/31/2025

https://www.abandonedcubicle.com/retirement-is-complicated/

Personal finance shouldn't be this complicated. It seems like every day I have a new lever to pull, another k**b to twist. After I retired early in 2023,

08/04/2025

RMDs on your mind? If not, they should be...

If you don't think that headline is sexy, I'm afraid I can't help you. But if you're like me and "the numbers" are loads of fun to play with, you might

12/04/2024

New Post! (Finally.)

Being a handyman is a very rewarding gig in semi-retirement. Compared with corporate work, the appreciation and accomplishments are REAL...

05/21/2024

New Post!

Is stress a good reason to retire early? I sure thought so back in 2016, still seven years away from retirement. Does the theory hold true?

04/22/2024

New Post!

Making financial adjustments in preparation for early retirement are incredibly important. Cash flow will be hard to come by without a paycheck!

03/26/2024

New Post!

About ten years ago I hatched a plan to quit Corporate America and abandon my cubicle by the spring of 2020. I was oh-so-ready to hang it up in March of that

03/11/2024

New Post!

After several months of lower-than-expected bookings, I'm left wondering if there's a real Airbnb bust going on. Let's dive in!

03/04/2024

New Post!

Adjusting to an Early Retirement Lifestyle can be difficult when you're struck with Cubicle FOMO. Here's how I dealt with it after I retired at age 50.

11/29/2023

New Post!

Instead of the notion that one should never retire, how about a more flexible idea that one should never stop being useful?

09/19/2023

https://www.abandonedcubicle.com/early-retirement-doesnt-suck/

What's it been, almost four months since I left the Corporate Beast? I thought it'd be easy to jump back into writing blog posts with a sudden void in my

06/12/2023

https://www.abandonedcubicle.com/i-have-retired/

It finally happened. I retired from Corporate America last Monday. A big sigh first -- "Ahhh..." And of course, "WOO HOO!!!"