Sabbatical

FIRE Drill: Eight Things I Learned About Myself During My Sabbatical

  Over the past five months I have intentionally taken a sabbatical from full-time work for a test drive of the early retirement lifestyle.  Other than a fabulous 2 month cross-country road trip Mr. Hippie and I took almost 8 years ago, I have never been this unemployed this long. So, after the stars aligned… Continue reading FIRE Drill: Eight Things I Learned About Myself During My Sabbatical

Consumerism

Subverting Consumer Culture: What’s the Why?

  If you’re going on this counterculture journey in our crazy consumerist society, you have to have your “why” that you can turn to during times when you’ve had a long day and all you want to do at the end of it is reap the instant gratification rewards your hard-earned paycheck can offer.   … Continue reading Subverting Consumer Culture: What’s the Why?