Why You’re 53, Have Had A Six-Figure Income For 20 Years, And Have A Negative Net Worth
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Author: Dave @ Accidental FIRE
Is Saving Money Your Lifestyle Or A Task?
To get to financial independence, you have to save money. There’s no way around it. Even if you become famous and wind up having money pouring out your kitchen faucets, if you don’t save you’re not going to make it...
How To Up Your Mental Money Game
It was about 22 degrees out with a decent breeze making it feel colder, and dark. My hands were getting numb as I had to remove my gloves to work the latch to unattach the chain from my waistbelt. “Dave? ...
How I Rode My Bike More Than I Drove My Car This Year
I did it readers! Barring a major catastrophe in the last three days of 2018 that requires me to drive over 450 miles, I rode my bikes more miles than I drove my car this year! Yes, you read that...
What If Prices On Everything Went Up As Much As College Tuition?
It’s common knowledge that college tuition costs have been escalating rapidly. And nothing reflects this more than the student loan crisis in America. As of November 2018 Americans owe $1.56 trillion in student loan debt. That’s almost 3 times the...
Stop Treating Your Money Like Litter
We crested the ridge and all I saw was another steep slope climbing endlessly up. “This is climbing…” I said to myself, “…stop complaining. This is why you came halfway across the world, get on with it…” We were ascending...
Talkin ‘Bout My Generation Podcast Appearance
Happy Monday readers! I was fortunate to be asked to appear on the What’s Up Next Podcast a while back with Cody from FlyToFi, Grant from MillennialMoney, and Mrs. Groovy from Freedom is Groovy. Despite being from different generations we...
How Capitalism Saves You Money
When Uber first came on the scene I largely ignored them. I thought the idea was great, one of those “Why didn’t I think of that” ideas that’s both simple and revolutionary. I love seeing industries get disrupted, especially old...
How Much Has State Spending On Healthcare Increased?
In 2018 healthcare costs in America will outpace inflation. It may come as a surprise to many, but that’s the first time since 2010 that’s happened. Yep. As Bloomberg puts it: Health-care inflation has been partly restrained by limits on...
Here’s To Stand Up Companies, Fixing Things, And Saving Money
As I mentioned in a previous post, I buy stuff deliberately and carefully. By that I mean that I put some analysis into it. I try not to over-analyze, but there are databases of reviews online and the ability to check...
I Miss The Power Of Teamwork
On November 26th NASA landed he robot “Insight” on Mars. Read that again. They put a robot on Mars. “Didn’t we do that back in the 70’s?” you may be thinking. Yes, we did. We first landed a spacecraft successfully...
Think Of Your Decline In Net Worth As A Loan
The idea for this post popped in my head, like most do, on a long bike ride. The markets had just seen a few days of massive declines. To me it’s nothing worth noting. I’ve been there, and done that. ...
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