Falling Off the Time Money Continuum
Falling Off the Time Money Continuum Money is time. Time is money. Phrases oft said in the financial independence community and in my opinion(as of late) pure horse pucky. We have somehow mangled the...
Tagged: Emotional Construct
Reframing Struggle
Reframing Struggle I have done quite a bit of thinking about reframing in my life. I touched on this briefly in my post about reframing sacrifice as hustle. Reading over Dr. Linus’ blog post...
Don’t Confuse FIRE With Fire
Don’t Confuse FIRE With Fire I love the FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early) acronym. Not only does it capture everything in just four letters, the imagery is stunning. The passion and flames of financial independence...
FatFIRE Frugal
FatFIRE Frugal I have never tried to position this as a frugality blog. Though I want to spend reasonably, my path has been full of what some would call luxury expenses. My journey to...
Home Is My Best Investment
Home Is My Best Investment Saturday mornings I slip silently out of bed in the early hours and creep through the hallway past the kid’s bedrooms, down the stairs. The house, much like it’s...
Success Is not the Best End Game
Success is not the Best End Game I wasn’t going to write this post. Waking up this morning, my list of possible blog topics was taking me in a completely different direction. But then...
When Enough Isn’t Enough
When Enough Isn’t Enough I never had enough. Connor vaguely heard the words as they spilled out of his grandfather, the patriarch’s mouth, and formed a forgotten puddle on the unforgiving linoleum. He sighed...
The Money Mind Meld
The Money Mind Meld Financial independence didn’t come easy to me. Although the actual fiscal transition was quite by accident, the emotional awakening was anything but smooth. Upon making the earth shattering discovery that...
Financial Independence is a Mirror
Financial Independence is a Mirror Financial independence is a mirror, it’s not a door. You may deny the voracity of this statement. You may try to convince yourself otherwise. But bursting through the threshold...
The Underdog Phenomenon
The Underdog Phenomenon We frame our lives. We look at the past under certain lenses that help us not only understand but also cope with that which has befallen us. Both successes and failures...
