Feeling good

 I woke up on a cool day in late March, early spring. I love it. I love a cozy morning and a cozy evening. I wish I could have a mountain getaway but there just aren't any easy bookings.

So, I'm not sure if a meltdown is imminent but I feel surprisingly okay that I'm not in Philadelphia. We shall see though when Saturday comes and goes. And yesterday I did break out a pros/cons list for the 2 next cheaper lodging options. But as I'm wont to do ... I want the unit I wanted or NOTHING! Helpful, right? 

It probably helps that I've been distracted with phone calls from a personal colleague. So we'll see how April goes. 

It's unclear now if I'll be on site for work in mid-May for a couple months. I'm planning as though I will be. Either way, I have to attend all the presentations.

After telling myself to cool it on all the clicking, guess what I did:

- started looking for jobs (saying it's for a friend...classic)

- tried a mental exercise of the Frugalwoods - where do you want to be in 10 years

...career: work for max 5 more years or to reach 1 mill; but open to keeping working if workload stays light

lifestyle: active social life with friends and a partner, adventure, and community

finances: at least a million; comfortably living off at least $60k; if still working in 10 years, want to be at 1.5 million

- looked at new Philly places (and others) for an April getaway

- re-looked at Tulsa remote app, and edited my supplement

Anyway, I woke up because I knew I only had 2 things to do today, so why not wake up and do it.  Maybe if I get through this weekend, I'll book some Pilates sessions. I don't know, the moment has kind of passed.  Also, it's early pay day! 

Also some new nuggets from blogs

- you don't have to pursue financial independence or early retirement to have a healthy stable financial life (mind blowing! this is good for me to reconcile that other people can choose different financial paths than me)

- the idea of a FI number and a RE number. So my FI number is $500k, and my RE number is $1 million+

- for those that love to travel, you don't have to make it a goal to visit all the places..you can just visit the places you'd feel comfortable and it's okay to return to the ones you really enjoy (whoa!)

I think as I find it, it's interesting to read about how people have had to exercise some flexibility when they reach their FI number or even before...just things change, and it's okay. That's kind of where I am, I made it to my leanFIRE number in record time and I'm still a bit lost on what I want to do next. I'm unsure what my true options are or what I want. It doesn't help that I'm sort of not that attached to living. But today, I feel good.