Headed To Rome: Pots Of Money For Spending And Cash Security
Happy Belated Valentine's Day!
For a review of what we’re doing here and what we’ve done, see the Never Retire archive.
Monday was supposed to be a chill day. To recharge. So, what did we do?
We walked more than 7 miles throughout Madrid!
On Tuesday, we committed to an actual chill day, not leaving the apartment except for a couple walks around the neighborhood to eat and get groceries. Speaking of groceries, the supermarkets here tend toward beautiful and relatively inexpensive.
Details to come…
This is post #9 of 20 for the month of February, coming to you ahead of a Ryanair flight to Rome, Italy. After spending the first two weeks of February in Spain (Barcelona, Valencia, and Madrid), we’re off to my ancestral homeland for four nights in Rome and five nights in Naples.
I look at the Monday we spent in Madrid as one of those days you might take wherever you live to go for a long walk, visit a park and get a couple bites to eat. Melisse and I do this frequently in Los Angeles.
Having days like this on a regular basis—and not breaking the bank—is a key component of living a semi-retired life.
In a minute, we’ll compare the cost of doing it in LA versus Madrid.
But first, let’s introduce today’s Never Retire checklist item—pots of money for spending and cash security—ahead of a full treatment of the subject in March, when I’ll write 20 posts in 31 days, meticulously detailing each of the 20 checklist items.
In the March post, I will tie together the most relevant writing I have done on the pots of money approach to personal finance over the last two years so we have a complete guide to pots of money all in one place. Something to save and go back to as needed.
If you make decent or better money and reject traditional budgeting, thoughtfully and strategically using pots of money might make the most sense to structure your present and future saving and spending.
If it weren’t for my pots of money, this trip probably would not have happened.
This comes in post #9 in March.
