Millionaire Librarian
A Middle Class Path to Early Retirement
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One of my favorite thinkers and writers is Morgan Housel. He has some very powerful ideas and I was watching him a few days ago and he was talking about being content with your life being a financial super power. I’ve been reflecting on the word “content” since I listened to him and I’ve thought…
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Over the last few weeks we have begun burrowing into our newfound lifestyle. We have found several businesses which will be beneficial in everday life and made friends with all sorts of people. Locals have helped us gather an exhaustive school list and move to our permanent residence. Tomorrow our daughter starts preschool and has…
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This past week in Cuenca has been filled with exploring different areas and restaurants. The New Cathedral in El Centro pictured above was beautiful and it is only a short cab ride away. The blue domes from it can be seen from miles away as pictured below. Along with visiting historical sites we spent a…
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We’ve arrived in Ecuador and some of my first takeaways are things I expected but were interesting to see and experience first hand. First, the views while traveling over Andes from Guayaquil were breathtaking. The mountains rise up forever and dart down drastically. Clouds create a mist across the roads in places and my driver…
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After months of selling household goods and cars, we are only a few weeks from taking a one way trip to Ecuador. Things are calm for now, but once we get in Ecuador more decisions will be made like where we want to live and if we will need car. Currently we are trying to…
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One area of my finances I have been poor at managing personally are known as cash reserves and an emergency fund. This money is set aside for unexpected life occurrences. Car repairs, vet bills, and hospital bills all can dig into our cash funds and if there isn’t enough there then you may have to…
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For the last few months we have been selling, giving away, and throwing out all of our possessions in preparation for a move to Ecuador. It has been tough at times but each item removed from our grasp is a small step towards our new life. The last items we need to get rid of…
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There’s a battle of world views that is happening on the world stage. The modern Republican view is that there is a winner and a loser in all negotiations. If you aren’t winning then you are losing. This worldview leads to needless combativeness. The other worldview is that each side can win equally in every…
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I read an article titled, DOD Sets Policies on Consolidating and Eliminating Offices and Civilian Jobs. In the article, they provide a standard where we ask ourselves the question: If we went to war tomorrow would we hire this person to end the war? If the answer is no then they want to privatize or…
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I shortly mentioned in a previous post that my family and I will be moving to Cuenca Ecuador. I want to use this post to share some of our excitement about the move. All of the information in this post will be second hand from watching videos of people already living there and from webpages…
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