My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
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Tesla: BOOM or Doomed?
On a silly whim, I bought Tesla stock back in 2012 and held on for dear life. It’s been a crazy ride, but now I’m a Teslanaire: I got extremely lucky. Like unicorn lucky. But never forget this: Most companies will die. They get disrupted by a competitor and/or new technology. RIM and Nokia were […]
Weekend With The Webb Brothers
It’s done! My private concert happened last weekend: Backstory Back in January, I noticed that one of my favorite bands, The Webb Brothers, had launched a Kickstarter campaign. I’ve loved this band for the past two decades of my life. Their music has been the soundtrack to my life. I looked at the Kickstarter offerings […]
All The Hacks And Funtrotting
I’m old and jaded, so it’s not often that I come by a podcast or blog that teaches me something. The All The Hacks podcast does just this though. Host Chris Hutchins is a wealth of knowledge about a diverse array of subjects including: On top of all of that, Chris is a good human. […]
More Mortgage Musings
Way back in August of 2019, I wrote a post called Getting Rich With A Mortgage. It was about how I could have paid cash for a house I bought in 2013, but decided to get a mortgage instead and invest the rest. I’m a big fan of debt when it’s cheap and a low-rate […]
July Performance (Tech Gone Wild!? Kindof.)
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
Lifestyles Of The Happy And Content
First, two stories. Ferrari Fallacy You may have seen me on Good Morning America (GMA) recently. I was with the family in California when a producer from the show called and asked if they could interview me. I said, “Sure!” GMA sent a camera crew to Hermosa Beach. We were staying at a pretty nice […]
Indiana And The Aussie Firebug
I live in Colorado now, but I feel most at home in the Midwest. I grew up outside of Chicago and lived near the city most of my life. As a young child, I remember my dad teaching me how to identify tractors. Farm equipment aside, I embrace it all! State fairs, 4H, corn, Iowa; […]
Emma, Camp FI, Ryans, Pugs, And Taylor Swift
When I discovered financial independence, I thought that it would be a small part of my life: Well that didn’t happen. I liked writing, so didn’t shut down the blog. I’m now a part-owner of a coworking space where financial independence is the common thread between members. I still attend FI related events. But my […]
Performance Update: 2023, Q2: Evil Rainbows.
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
At Peace With Money (And A Friend With Benefits)
In this post, I say I and me a lot. Kind of self-indulgent. But writing helps me get my thoughts together. Perhaps it will help some of you too. I just got back from Camp FI. I’m so tired right now. But that’s a good thing. I’m exhausted because the event was amazing and oozed […]
Why Ramit?
And rescue me from me,And all that I believe. I won’t deny the pain,I won’t deny the change,And should I fall from graceHere with you,Will you leave me too? -Galapagos, Smashing Pumpkins Why Ramit? This was the first thing Mindy said to me this morning: Recording with Ramit was rough. It was 3+ hours of […]
Thoughts On Slow Travel
We are in the Hawaiian islands. Our first stop was the Big Island where we stayed with our good friends Laura and Randy. We first met Laura and Randy at FinCon in 2014. We got along great from the start, having some ridiculously ridiculous conversations right from the start. For an introvert like me, I […]
What If You Run Out Of Life?
Mindy and I recently recorded with Ramit Sethi. Talking to Ramit was hard. He isn’t afraid to ask difficult questions. It was a therapy session and after it was done (3+ hours!), I felt like I had been run over by a steam roller. However, just because it was difficult didn’t mean it was bad. […]
Berkshire Hathaway 2023
Mindy and I just got back from attending the Berkshire Hathaway (BH) meeting with a couple of friends. BH is the conglomerate famously run by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. The meeting consists of a 30 minute movie followed by a question and answer session. The event is quite the spectacle. Over 50,000 people travel […]
March Performance And The Bidet Face Spray
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]