If you missed the news Americans just passed a milestone. In the second quarter of 2023 Americans have $1.03 trillion in credit card debt, the first time this number has been passed. Credit card debt now joins student loan debt...
It was the summer of 2019 and I was finally getting around to attempting a long time bucket list item. I was setting out on a single day traverse of the Presidential Range in the majestic White Mountains of New...
Regular Accidental FIRE readers know I have super intelligent artificial intelligence bots constantly scouring the internet for cool mapping tools to help with any aspect of personal finance. And when I find a good one worth highlighting I put the...
Every year millions of Americans move, many to other states. The IRS publishes migration data annually showing the movements of income tax payers based on changes in their mailing address from the previous year. I did a post a while ago...
Let’s talk estate and inheritance taxes. First we’ll do definitions, and Investopedia is great for those. What is an estate tax? An estate tax is a levy on estates whose value exceeds an exclusion limit set by law. Only the...
A few weeks back I went on a different Saturday cycling group ride than I normally do and got to meet some new folks. It was a great ride, not too serious and with some nice roads and hills. I...
I’ve written about the often contentious topic of getting a tax refund before. It was one of the first posts I did on my blog. I wrote about it a second time detailing how much money you actually lose when...
What are your financial goals? Do you wish to reach financial independence and perhaps retire early from the job you don’t really like anymore? Let’s go over some real neuroscience that might help you achieve them. Imagine yourself at age...
We had spent a good half hour on the summit of Mt. Rainier, the sentinel of the Pacific Northwest. At 14,411 feet high it soars majestically over Seattle and the Cascade mountains, a permanently glaciated chunk of volcanic rock that...
It’s been a long time since I’ve done an update of my overall net worth. As a matter of fact, in almost 4 years of blogging I’ve done exactly two of those and the last was pre-pandemic. A reader recently...
As I wrote about on Tuesday, Americans have been saving at levels never seen before due to the COVID pandemic. Some people are saving because they’re eating out way less, others because they’re not traveling for vacation. But the massive...
“How do you save 33% of your income? I could never do that!” Surely many of you financial warriors and frugal freedom fighters have heard something like that before. Once you’ve been outed as a being frugal or a saver...
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2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 1419 Miles
Running: 112 Miles
Hiking: 19 Miles
Paddling: 10 Miles
Climbing Days: 1
2023 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5400 Miles
Running: 472 Miles
Hiking: 37 Miles
Paddling: 96 Miles
Climbing Days: 6
2022 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5408 Miles
Running: 321 Miles
Hiking: 43 Miles
Paddling: 40 Miles
Climbing Days: 7
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