Dave @ Accidental FIRE

I reached financial independence and semi-retired in my mid-40's through hard work, smart living, and investing. This blog chronicles my journey and explores many aspects of personal finance including the psychological and behavioral factors that drive our habits.

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  1. but i need taupe granite countertops. i’ll change them out in 5 years.

  2. Pete says:

    Too true. Every month we don’t buy a vacation home I’m all about the green section on your pie chart.

  3. Noel says:

    Preach! Maintain the thing is always the deal breaker for me.

  4. ATM says:

    Excellent chart, as George Carlin said :
    “A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.”

    🙂

  5. DenverOutdoorsGal says:

    Where’s the slice of the pie that says “Not having to buy more things to enhance/improve The Thing”???

    • Dave @ Accidental FIRE says:

      Dang, that’s a great add… I think I might solicit your help for the next one 🙂

  6. Carolyn says:

    Missed not having to buy a bigger house to store that thing.

  7. Arrgo says:

    Good stuff. I’ve become much more conscious about this. Even though I can afford it, Im much more selective with my purchases now. You can really spend a lot of time and energy managing all this extra stuff when you could be doing better things with your time. Your chart says it all.

  8. Chubby FIRE says:

    This order seems about right. Not investing the money is always my #1 thought, followed closely by storage and maintenance.

  9. This graph of course doesn’t include mountain bikes, cycling, running, mountaineering and backpacking right ? N+1 ?? LOL Cheers my friend, hope you had a great weekend.

  10. Alex says:

    Hey Dave,
    I always get a kick out of your graphs. keep them coming.

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