It’s that time of year, the Census Bureau just released the official income statistics for 2018 a few weeks back. In 2018 the median household income in America was $63,200, the highest figure ever. From 2017 to 2018, inflation-adjusted median...
Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #1! I’ve been posting on Tuesdays and Fridays since this blog started almost two years ago, and I haven’t missed a post. Now that my blog has found an audience of a...
A couple of weeks ago I was packing my duffle for a day of climbing on the local crag. I noticed one of my ropes was getting frayed. As a frugal weirdo I almost always use things until they die...
As regular readers know I’m financially independent and semi-retired from my W2 job. So why would I be reading and reviewing a book claiming to be a blueprint for financial independence? Because the main author, Chris Mamula, reached out to...
Proper knot on my harness loop? – check. Rope threaded through the belay device correctly? – check. Autoblock set up correctly? – check. Knots at the end of the rope just in case? – check. Ready to step over the...
Millionaire. Being one still has a certain aura about it. A million of anything is a lot for sure, but it’s not what it used to be. I vividly remember my science teacher in middle school running a simple...
Years ago I found myself in a remote part of Costa Rica. Drake Bay on the Pacific Coast is a beautiful paradise of lush jungles and slow tropical life, with world class scuba diving. I had just gone through a...
Proponents and champions of the financial movement called “FUCT” which stands for “Financially Uneducated Complete Trainwreck” held their first conference recently, called FUCTCON. The FUCT movement has been around for a while but has seen massive growth in recent years. ...
As a financially independent semi-retired blogger, you probably assume I’m also an ace travel hacker. By all appearances most in the FI blogosphere seem to be. Well, you’d be wrong. I’ve had a great rewards credit card for many years...
Yesterday was Labor Day. Labor. Work. Those of us who are financially independent likely achieved it through hard work. The reality is that most wealthier people didn’t inherit their money, they earned it and saved it. And we’re not striving...
On Tuesday I posted about the state of housing in America. In today’s post I want to give you more resources and tools to help you understand regional and geographic trends in housing costs. After all, many of you are...
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