If you don’t know my story, I went part time at my job in October 2017 after exceeding my target financial independence net worth. I’ve been periodically writing about my experiences with this new lifestyle both at work and outside...
Fact: Since 1984, more Americans have been killed in car crashes than have been killed in all wars in U.S. history. Since the first person was killed by car in the United States in 1899, over 3,730,000 people have...
Picture this, you’re 21 years old, and a junior in college. But you have a talent much more lucrative than the jobs your major might get you in the future, you’re a star athlete. Not just a collegiate star, but...
Artificial Intelligence and technology are rapidly changing jobs and the future of work. The job environment that will exist when you reach financial independence or retire will be very different, perhaps to your advantage. This post is the first in...
Last summer in Stapleton Colorado three little boys decided to set up a lemonade stand. Better still, they decided to give all proceeds to a five year old boy in Indonesia using a charity called Compassion International. The kids running the stand...
Have you heard of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)? It was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) and stood up in July of 2011. The Dodd-Frank Act was passed in response to...
I posted an info-graphic a little while back as a companion piece to my guest post on Get Rich Slowly. I love it when readers comment, especially when they write something that makes me stop and think. Steveark left me...
One of the core tenants of the financial independence movement is to avoid lifestyle inflation. Investopedia defines lifestyle inflation as “increasing one’s spending when income goes up”. I don’t think that’s the best definition since many people increase their spending even when...
I have some bad news for you. When you pony up your money for a cold one at the bar or take home a 12 pack for the game, much of what your paying goes to tax, not beer. According...
If you’re new to my story, I reached financial independence in my mid 40’s. I started investing money in the stock market in the mid 1990’s after reading Money magazine and realizing mutual funds were pretty simple and easy. The...
This is a companion piece to my guest post on Get Rich Slowly this past Tuesday. Subscribe To New Posts Here!
I’m a pretty pragmatic person. I was always good at math and tend to look at things quantitatively. So when I heard about a book about happiness written by the Chief Business Officer of Google X and a tech nerd,...
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2025 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 118 Miles
Running: 20 Miles
Hiking: 12 Miles
Paddling: 0 Miles
Climbing Days: 0
2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5209 Miles
Running: 330 Miles
Hiking: 46 Miles
Paddling: 86 Miles
Climbing Days: 1
2023 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5400 Miles
Running: 472 Miles
Hiking: 37 Miles
Paddling: 96 Miles
Climbing Days: 6
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