What Money Can’t Buy
What Money Can’t Buy There is nothing that money can’t buy! The man standing across the nursing station was dressed flimsily in a gown that barely covered the bottom of his boxer briefs. He...
Category: Frugality
Mind The Gap (Ratio)
Mind The Gap The phrase was first coined in 1968 as an automated auditory warning to train passengers on the London Underground making them aware of the horizontal and sometimes vertical space between the train door...
Oh, The Money You’ll Save!
Oh, The Money You’ll Save! Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re money is invested in Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You...
Financially Independent or Addicted to Money?
Addicted to Money? I have searched far and wide. Read countless blogs and had many, many conversations. I’ve chatted with individuals who have a net worth of six figures, seven figures, and even eight....
Our Non Budget
Non Budget Almost every where you look, there are budgeting tips and hacks in the financial independence community. Most of us our limited in how much we can make in our W2 incomes per...
Safe Withdrawal Rate: Why We Are Kidding Ourselves
Safe Withdrawal Rate Any personal finance blog worth its salt does at least one post on the Safe Withdrawal Rate. The concept of the Safe Withdrawal Rate is nothing new to the financially savvy...
Kids On A Budget
Kids on a budget We shop a lot. Now I didn’t say we buy a lot. But we spend countless hours on the weekend walking through malls and shopping centers. I’m not sure exactly...
What’s Your Number?
I get this question posed to me all the time. What’s your magic number? When will you have sufficient assets to call it quits? How much is enough? And each time I shake my head...
Second Generation FI: A Life Without Light Bulbs and Inflection Points
One thing I love about the FI blogosphere (Podcastosphere?) are the founder stories. Each and every blogger has a unique and enduring story about how they stumbled into this madness we affectionately call financial...
Why I Fired My Financial Advisor
Like most busy young professionals, I convinced myself that I had little time to worry about my finances. My young adult mind argued that my energies were better spent building my career, pumping up...
