Author: Dave @ Accidental FIRE
I went part time at my job in October 2017 after exceeding my target financial independence net worth. It’s been my intention to keep posting updates on both my new work life as well as my non-work life. I’ve done...
The popular financial blogger Brock Powers who is often accused of being a snake oil salesman has decided to go all in and actually start selling real snake oil, according to sources. Powers, best known for successful courses like How...
If part of your financial independence strategy is pursuing geoarbitrage or if you anticipate moving after achieving FI, where you move matters. Walkable neighborhoods have experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years. More and more people are realizing the...
Charles Schwab recently released its annual modern wealth survey and the results are more interesting than ever. The study is an annual examination of how 1,000 Americans between the ages of 21 and 75 think about saving, spending, investing, and...
NPR did an article recently about the gig economy that really got me thinking. Firstly, the article cited the research I posted about last year that claims to gig economy is actually getting smaller. This is of course contrary to...
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On May 6th 1954 Roger Bannister ran a mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. The 4 minute mile, one of the biggest holy grails of athletic achievement that had been pursued since 1886, finally fell. For 68 years thousands of...
If you’re a new reader and not familiar with my backstory, in a nutshell I became financially independent in my mid-40’s and went down to 20 hours a week at my W2 job. I now spend the newly freed half...
Recently a short video from Suze Orman created a bit of a controversy on social media. Granted everything is a controversy on social media these days, but I found this one particularly interesting. Orman recorded a short video called “how...
Jobs and opportunity are often a major factor that prompt people to move to another city or part of the country. After all, unless you have a big inheritance or have won the lottery, work is an essential prerequisite to...
My lawnmower was manufactured when Ronald Reagan was still in his first term. My grandmother bought it new and I inherited it after she passed, and I’m still using it today. It’s literally cut hundreds of millions of blades of...
WASHINGTON D.C. – A study from the Brookings Institution shows the average American family inadvertently saves $53 a year. “At first we were definitely surprised by the results” said lead researcher John Blutarsky. “We expected results that showed no savings...
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