Month: April 2026

In November 2021, I attended a local FIRE community event (The Event). By that point, I’d long since planned for the last work day of 2021 to be my last day of full-time work. My excitement about FIREing then was nearing a fever pitch. Only a precious few people outside of The Family knew of…

As I’ve detailed in these pages, I’m a lousy sleeper. I wake up at least once a night. Every night. Sometimes I wake up multiple times. Reserves of past stress(ors), a rapidly wimpy bladder, and a raging case of latent shpilkes (don’t worry, Dear Reader, it ain’t contagious) that I apparently have even while slumbering,…