Author: Dave @ Accidental FIRE
In Defense of Drudgery
Drudgery gets a bad rap. What is drudgery? Merriam Webster defines it as “dull, irksome, and fatiguing work, uninspiring or menial labor”. Merriam’s first example of drudgery used in a sentence is “He hated the drudgery of his job.” I...
T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 39
Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #39! Here are some things I really like and that you might too. Finance Articles Why FIRE Isn’t Fair (Banker On FIRE) – “If you want to embark on a thankless affair,...
Overtraining For Financial Independence
“Holy crap” I yelled to my climbing partner Phil, “wait till you see this!”. We were 14 hours into a punishing day of climbing, and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. While traversing a gully that we weren’t sure...
NASA Perseverance Rover Finds Life On Mars, Government Immediately Sends Stimulus Check
JEZERO CRATER, MARS – In one of the biggest discoveries humankind has ever made, the NASA rover Perseverance has confirmed the existence of microbial life on Mars. The U.S. Government reacted by immediately sending a $1400 stimulus check to the...
Where Is The Affordable Housing?
According to Realtor.com the median home listing price in America was $340,000 at the start of 2021. That one caught me by surprise when I looked it up, I didn’t think it would be that high. The National Association of...
T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 38
Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #38! Here are some things I really like and that you might too. Finance Articles A Better Alternative to Resolutions and Goals (The Mad Fientist) – “There are probably a lot...
It’s Nice When Your Big Life Decisions Are Validated
If you’re a new reader and not familiar with my story, I reached financial independence accidentally by saving money and investing. I semi-retired and went “half-time” to 20 hours a week at my job in late 2017. I’ve been doing...
The Year Without Beer
My neighbor invited me over to hang out on his patio the other day. He’s got a new fire pit and everyone loves a good fire in winter. He told me to bring some beers, and I said I’d bring...
T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 37
Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #37! Here are some things I really like and that you might too. Finance Articles Burnout, Variety, and Crop Rotation (The Escape Artist) – “The problem is not hard work. The...
Is COVID Driving People From Cities?
Regular readers know my background is in geography and geographic information systems, and I’ve done a lot of mapping posts related to finance. I also have a pretty sweet geoarbitrage resources page with tons of tools in one place to...
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