Author: Dave @ Accidental FIRE

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How To Not Get Wasted This Holiday

Let’s talk waste. For many, the “life cycle” of a Christmas gift might look like this.  You find the right gift and buy the product on Amazon.  Whatever the product, it’s likely wrapped in plastic bubble/box/wrap from the manufacturer. The...

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Frugal Failure Packs Lunch For Work Using Takeout

SAN FRANCISCO – In a failed attempt at frugality, area resident Jeff Mayer started bringing his lunch to work, using takeout service Grubhub. “All the personal finance blogs recommend bringing lunch to work to start saving coin”, he commented. “So...

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I Can State Affirmatively That This Is Insane

So Lifehacker ran this piece Friday about this sketchy loan company called Affirm.  Apparently I missed one of their earlier pieces from September.  I had never heard of this company since I’ve become an expert at completely ignoring advertisements in...

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My Semi-Retirement Anxiety Problem

So if you’ve been following my story you know that I reached financial independence a couple of years ago and ‘semi-retired’ to part time employment this past October.  You could call this a mini-retirement, sabbatical, work-detox, whatever.  It’s been a...

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