The Razor’s Edge
Man, I'm still working on this super long PTSD related post. It's taking forever! If I don't finish it by next week, I'll probably just start pushing it out in…
Full Disclosure
Or the compounding effect of marginally good financial decisions/The nice effects of unconscious frugality I’m working on another post in the Tough Shit series, and man has it spun out…
How I got here (money path-part 2)
The first post of this series detailed my net worth, and specified what it was made up of. This one will go into the income that got me here. As…
Where I be (money path-part 1)
The goal of this series is to give you a picture of where I’m at, money wise. Part 2 will get into where all of that came from. Yup, you…
First Year of Retirement Goals
According to the blackboard painted on my kitchen wall, I’ve got 45 shifts left before I retire(or mini-retire, or sabbatical, or whatever the fuck it turns out to be). That’s…
Frugal Hunting
About a month ago I went deer hunting for the first time. One of the primary reasons I decided to try hunting was to see if I could procure food…
Retirement Police IRL
As I talked about before, I gave my boss written notice informing him and the department of my intention to separate this April. When I talked to him, I told…
Scout Leader
In Kevin Gilmartin’s classic book on how cops get fucked in the head(and how to try to mitigate it), Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, he uses the Scout Leader scenario…
Best time of your life
We were all drenched with sweat from another grueling practice. Our smell must have been dreadful, as we all had been crammed into a small classroom with little ventilation. The…
Almost there…
Last time I talked about how I was planning on turning in my letter of resignation; well, I did it! TL;DR, it went way better than expected and I’ve been…