The Mechanics of Half Retirement
Half Retirement As I’ve stated before, I am all about the philosophy of financial independence. The so called why of FI. Thus, I have warned readers not to expect to read much here about...
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Death or Early Retirement
Death or Early Retirement I choose early retirement! All joking aside, my father died at the age of forty unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm. He never had the chance to contemplate such ephemeral dreams...
Financial and Emotional Crossroads
Financial and Emotional Crossroads I have been writing a lot about the future of the financial independence movement lately. I have described what I think is the financial independence 2.0 era and what embracing...
Financial Independence 2.0
Financial Independence 2.0 I have been writing a lot recently about finding our unique purpose, identity, and connection in the world. In fact, I have gone so far as to ask if financial independence...
Avoid The Four Wrongs of Real Estate
The Four Wrongs of Real Estate There is no more polarizing issue in the personal finance community than real estate. For every land lording success story, there is an equally compelling sob story. Although...
Inheriting a Perpetual Money Machine
Inheriting a Perpetual Money Machine I have boasted in the past about not only being second generation FI but also third generation FI. My path to financial independence, however, was not inherited. Although I...
The Early Retirement Fallacy
The Early Retirement Fallacy You are going to work. When you are young. When you are old. There is no doubt about it. You are going to create some service or product and exchange...
Don’t Confuse How With Why
Don’t Confuse How With Why I have to admit that sometimes I am a little redundant on this blog. Although I never want to bore my readers, I find that there are just so...
Should Financial Independence Be a Target?
Should Financial Independence Be a Target? I have mentioned several times on this blog that for me financial independence was quite accidental. Although I had financially responsible parents who were great fiscal models, none...
