It’s a new year and time to do my annual business review. If you’re not familiar with my story I semi-retired to 20 hours a week at my main job in 2017 after reaching financial independence years before. Since then...
It’s that time of year when the Census Bureau releases the official income data for the U.S. Of course because they work at government speed the data are for last year – 2022. But 2023 isn’t over yet so cut...
Regular Accidental FIRE readers know I have super intelligent artificial intelligence bots constantly scouring the internet for cool mapping tools to help with any aspect of personal finance. And when I find a good one worth highlighting I put the...
Last week I did a short post showing the official median household income data for 2021 as a whole and by state. I started doing posts like that in 2017, and since inflation is the topic on everyone’s mind I...
I did a median household income post the first three years of this blog. But last year the Census Bureau had massive delays in publishing the 2020 data so I didn’t do a post when they eventually released it. Plus,...
The more I develop my graphic design business the more I’m convinced that earning money from royalties is a magic trick. If you’re not familiar with how my business works, I simply create digital graphic designs and upload them to...
According to Realtor.com the median home listing price in America was $340,000 at the start of 2021. That one caught me by surprise when I looked it up, I didn’t think it would be that high. The National Association of...
A frequent complaint of the personal finance community is that it’s too focused on frugality and not enough on earning more money. I attempted to address this issue from my perspective with a post detailing things I did to get...
The Census Bureau released the official income statistics for 2019 a few weeks ago. In 2019 the median household income in America was $69,560, marking a substantial 8.1% increase from the 2018 median of $64,324. As a comparison, the official...
Who’s middle class and who isn’t? In the realm of money and finances this has to be one of the most contentious questions. To be middle class is to insinuate that you’re in or near the middle of the range...
Regular readers know I’m always on the hunt for great mapping tools that show various aspects of finance in a geographic way. I even have an entire page dedicated to geoarbitrage resources and tools to help you find a better...
Most people will experience their highest earning years in their 40’s and 50’s, according to research firm PayScale. Part of me thinks that since most people work into their 60’s they should theoretically be making the most in those years,...
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2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5039 Miles
Running: 314 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
2022 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5408 Miles
Running: 321 Miles
Hiking: 43 Miles
Paddling: 40 Miles
Climbing Days: 7
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