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Time Off – The Benefits of being Financially Secure

November 8, 2018January 26, 2019 DadsDollarsDebts 21 Comments financially secure, new zealand, time off

Time off It is official. I have left my day job and have 2 months off before starting my next

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Christopher Guest Post- Physician on Fire

November 9, 2017November 18, 2017 DadsDollarsDebts 0 Comments

Today I am featured on Physician on Fire’s Christopher Guest Post. If you want to learn those things you never knew

Dollars Retirement

DDD Drawdown plan- Living with a pension

July 22, 2017November 26, 2017 DadsDollarsDebts 29 Comments 401K, Drawdown plan, IRA, pension, retirement, taxable accounts

I am joining the chain with my draw down strategy. This is a post started by Physician On Fire and taken and catapulted by Fritz at The Retirement Manifesto. There are now 13 people on the chain, and I will make lucky number 14.

Mine is unlike the others, and here is why. I have a job with a sweet pension. I mean a really sweet pension. The golden handcuffs as my colleagues joke. If I work at least 60% of the time until I am 60 years old (23 years from now) then I get free healthcare for life and a nice monthly pension check. What does this do to me?

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Taking retirement breaks

April 27, 2017June 16, 2017 DadsDollarsDebts 12 Comments Early retirement, mini-retirements, retirement, sabbaticals, time off

My cousin visited me in sunny Cali this past weekend. This cousin of mine lives a life that many in this community can appreciate. She had a stable and successful job for many years and burnt out. She then decided to take 6 months to work on her writing and try establishing herself through various pursuits.