Time Value of Money (Inflation? Or the "T" word?)

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 I went to IKEA last weekend. I had a coupon that was going to expire and because I knew I wasn't going to get the chance to go on Sunday, I stopped by after going to the Japanese Festival . I almost went to Greekfest after but most of us decided to go home. I  decided I'd like to use the coupon now than have it wasted since IKEA was less than a couple miles away and on the way home. I spent $0.75 with tax for a set of dishes and a serving bowl . The dishes were $0.79. I got 11 of them and one serving bowl because I had already purchased one to try out. I wanted to try it out because it is white and I wanted to see if it will stain. It doesn't. So I went back to complete the set. I added the serving bowl because the coupon was $10 off a $10 or more purchase. The serving bowl was $1.99. I got the small bowl-like instead of the small plates because I thought that would be of more use to me. They look like the small plates but with the curve so I felt they would still work f...
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One of the benefits of being FI/RE'd is

 not having to wake up to an alarm clock. 

Although it's got it's downsides. For example, a friend's text woke me up this morning. Although I would've preferred to be up earlier than I did. I was up late. As for the text, it came after 10 a.m. I have my Do Not Disturb set to automatically come on at 10  p.m and go off at 9 a.m. It used to be 9:30 but I changed it recently. And my current phone is so good about it that I don't get any kind of notification. The downside to that is that if anyone calls me before the time, it doesn't ring. It's been helpful in terms of those who've tried calling me at 7 a.m. That early? Why? 

I had been wanting to wake up early and had gotten better at getting up at 7:30. A couple weeks ago, I got up late during the week and I was back to doing good this week except for today. Another downside is that I'm trying to exercise and eat breakfast early and so I didn't exercise today since I was up later than usual. I'm usually eating around 9:30 and I'm hoping to move it up. Being able to freely exercise has been a nice thing to do. It wasn't something I had time for back when I worked. 

The reason why I aim to get up early is the Market. Sometimes, it helps to be there at open if I want to do a certain activity. A lot of times, I set alerts. But it doesn't help if I'm sleeping when the alert comes on. Overall, it's been a good time to set a rhythm and get a routine of sorts. I've done much better and I'm doing better so that's good. 

Overall, it's been so nice not having to worry about being up by a certain time, what kind of patient I'm going to have, how the shift is going to go and whatever I used to think or worry about. And if I happen to wake up at some point and go back to bed later, there's no need to stress about being up at a certain time. It's been really nice not having an alarm coming on in the morning.

So if you want to give yourself a reason to get Financially Independent and Retire Early, maybe one thing you can look forward to is not having to wake up to an alarm clock...unless you choose to. 

If you're looking to fire yourself, what is something you're looking forward to doing?

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