Accidental Fire

Accidental Fire Blog

life experience / outdoors and health / spending

February 13, 2018

That Time I Spent $44,000 On A Two Week Vacation

Getting to financial independence is difficult, especially in a luxury-demanding, spendy culture. If you’re budgeting, living frugally, investing, and trying to increase your earnings, then you’re checking the major boxes and are on a path to FI. But are you...

spending

February 9, 2018

What Cars Do People Keep?

With the absurd average transaction price of a new car in America at around $34,000, it’s important for you financial warriors to get the most out of a car if you want to get to financial independence. The good news...

finances

February 6, 2018

Just Say No To A Tax Refund

Do you get a tax refund from the government every year? If so, why? You’re loaning them money, at no interest. Banks usually don’t loan you money at no interest, so why would you do it for the government? For...

investing

January 30, 2018

Battle Of The Vanguard Titans

I started investing in mutual funds in 1997 as mentioned in my journey post. At the time, there were way fewer funds out there and I didn’t have enough initial deposit to open many of them. Fidelity’s Magellan Fund was...

spending

January 26, 2018

FREE With Car Purchase – Confirmation Of Your Bad Judgement!

“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” So true. According to Wikipedia the origins of the phrase are unknown, but has been found in references dating back to the 1930s. Wikipedia said it, so truth speaks. A little...

spending

January 23, 2018

Stop Being So Cheap

When you wander the streets of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, you can’t help but get a sore neck from all the gawking. It’s an ancient city that was a key stop on the Silk Road from China to the Middle East, and...

life experience / outdoors and health

January 16, 2018

Failure And The Art Of Abseiling

This post is about failure. Yes I know. That’s a topic that’s been written about quite often. J Money over at Budgets Are Sexy did a cool post a little while back listing out some major failures in his life...

spending

January 12, 2018

The Best Thing You’ll See Today

My blog is only two and a half months old and I’ve been trying to establish a rhythm. I’ve been putting out my main posts on Tuesdays which tend to be longer content, with an additional post on Fridays. The...

finances

January 9, 2018

How My Net Worth Progressed To Financial Independence

What does a net worth trajectory look like over time when it “accidentally” gets to financial independence? As discussed in my journey post, I never had the goal of getting to financial independence until, well, I got there. But I...

life experience / psychology

January 2, 2018

Starving Cows, Generosity, And Having Enough

The cows were standing in the middle of the road somberly staring at our car, famished, ribs protruding out, barely looking alive. They clearly weren’t going to budge, and by the looks of them they likely didn’t have the energy. ...

miscellaneous

December 23, 2017

2017 Summary, Proud And Grateful

This was the year I did it. As I sit here looking back on my 2017 and realize where I’m at now, I’m proud and grateful. Proud because I finally started to fully reap the benefits of the smart financial...

finances / psychology

December 19, 2017

Sensationalizing Risk

Modern media has a way of sensationalizing things, if you haven’t noticed. This is probably because it works, it’s good for views, which is good for advertising dollars. Combine that with the phenomenon of things going viral on social...