Two Month Update

So it's been 2 months now since I quit my job with nothing else lined up. To be clear, I'm not in a position to retire indefinitely but I do have enough savings to float our expenses for a few months. I don't think I'm any closer to figuring out what I want to do or who I want to be going forward but for posterity's sake, what have I been up to?

• Did online therapy appointment. I think this one was a fail (wrote a post soon after doing it) but I think I'm going to try once more with someone local

• I think I have ADHD - it seems like a very expensive and confusing prcess to get tested as an adult. I might bring it up again with new therapist or try one of those online ADHD testing websites. It seems much cheaper than the quotes I've been receiving so far (ranging from $1,300 to $4,000 to get tested even with insurance).

• Moved M's business financials over to Quickbooks finally

• Drafted new lease for our commercial tenant (not executed yet)

• Developed 2023-24 Budget and Business Plan for M's business - we haven't actually don an annual budget since the first couple of years when we got started

• Got two tax quotes for our personal/business taxes for 2022. To date, I've always done our taxes ourselves but would like to get some third-party advice. I'm still not sure whether to do it myself though - there are two main issues I'd like to address. Whether to establish M's business as an S corp for 2023 and if it's possible to invest 2022 long-term capital gains into an opportunity zone business as starting capital. Both have hard deadlines. For the latter, I would also need to come up with a viable business/investment idea by June 15th, 2023.

• Visited my sister and her new baby out of state

• Attended a family wedding out of state - this is the first time I've attended a wedding of one of my first cousins on my mothers side (long list of reasons, none of which are good)

• Visited my friend and his wife on his farm and had some great, deep conversations about life and challenges we're going through. This was probably better than any therapy I've tried to date.

• Visited my Dad out of state. Lots of buried emotions and baggage ther.

• Applied to 2 private schools and 2 out of district public schools for P&D for next year. The price we pay for having such a low mortgage is that we live in a bad school district. We need to figure out schooling for P&D next year. Right now we are on the wait list everywhere.

• Did initial draft of Will - still need to finish this (reference my perceived ADHD

• Applied for British passports for myself and P, D and M Jr. I was born in the UK and am a citizen by birth. The kids qualify through me. For M, believe we would have to live there for a few years. I'm not sure if there's any immediate use case to having British citizenship but figured it can't hurt and might as well apply for it in case they change the rules down the road.

• Set up two websites - this one (personal only) and another one which I hope to make more public and useful.

• Rebalanced our financial portfolios - with the increasing interest rates, made sense to move some of our cash into higher earning accounts rather than sitting in cash. Helps to lessen the sting of having no w2 income right now. Certainly doesn't replace it though.

• Sent some money to L, my friend from the Peace Corps. Hearing the challenges that he and everyone else that lives in M*** have to overcome with the deteriorating security situation over there really makes me realize how minuscule my challenges are and the privilege we have to live in the United States. Of course that doesn't help with my current existential crisis but it does put things in perspective