Happy Veterans Day! I wish all the veterans an amazing day and send them and their family a big thank you for their service to our country! Like I did at Memorial Day and Independence Day, I'm featuring a post written by Doug Nordman, a FIRE old-timer who retired many years ago from the Navy. (If you missed those posts, see Sea Story: Looking for an Engineer in All the … [Read more...]
A Real-Life Story of How to Create Your Escape Plan
Let's face it, most Americans are less than in love with their jobs/careers. Even those who earn the big bucks, have all the benefits, and have good, decent, challenging jobs get sick and tired of all the negative aspects of working at times (and over time as the crap just builds up). I know this certainly described me. I had times where I HATED jobs/a career that I … [Read more...]
Building a Rich Life
I think I've mentioned a few times that I'm an Audible listener. My library is full of business, history, biography, chess, and (a few) fiction audiobooks. I also buy some money books now and then, especially on retirement. FYI, if it's a good book, I'll buy both the audio and a printed copy, taking notes in the book as I listen (I listen at the gym, walking, or in the … [Read more...]
28 Ways to Create Extra, Passive Income
Today we're finishing up some thoughts from Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement by Rachel Richards, which I think should have been titled "How to Become Financially Independent by Creating Multiple Streams of Passive Income". Haha! If you missed parts one and two about this book, check out Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement and Five Categories of Passive Income and How … [Read more...]
Five Categories of Passive Income and How to Evaluate Them
Today we're going to continue with some thoughts from Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement by Rachel Richards (which I highly recommend BTW). If you missed part one of my thoughts on this book, check out Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement. BTW, I think a better title for the book would be "How to Become Financially Independent by Creating Multiple Streams of Passive … [Read more...]
Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement
Every once in a while, I hit the jackpot. I've read a TON of money books -- far more than I've featured on this site -- and most are not worth much IMO. Many are just plain terrible, offering mediocre advice at best. Others suggest basic money tips we all learned in third grade. Personally, I think so many personal finance books are bad because the authors are just … [Read more...]
Top 10 Ways to Become Wealthy While Earning a Pittance
Well, it's that time again. Time to address the "it's easy to be wealthy if you make a lot of money, what about becoming wealthy if you earn little?" crowd. But this time it's going to be a bit different. You see, I think I've made a mistake. Here I've been writing about growing your career, creating a side hustle, investing in real estate, and the like so you could … [Read more...]
The Nine Stages of Financial Independence
I've seen a few people detail what they believe to be the stages of financial independence (FI), but none of those have been exactly right for me. So I thought I'd create my own list of the various FI milestones and share when/how we hit each of them. Then you can add your thoughts until we have a master list to die for! ;) Let me say that this is a difficult task for … [Read more...]
How to Become Financially Independent in Five Years
Back in October I was part of a panel discussion on the What's Up Next? podcast. Three of us "older" bloggers joined Doc G and Paul to discuss the subject "Is it ever too late to pursue financial independence?" The episode will soon be released but if you want to hear what we had to say, you can listen to it here now. In the discussion Doc asked a GREAT question (which … [Read more...]
The Case for Giving on the Road to Financial Independence
In September 2018 I sat in the audience of FinCon, the financial media conference, and watched an interview with Pete from Mr. Money Moustache. He's a very interesting character, quite down-to-earth and prone to saying things so full of common sense that you have to laugh because no one has said them before. Towards the end the audience was invited to approach a … [Read more...]
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