Housekeeping note: The winners from the Quit Like A Millionaire book giveaway are Joe, Kristen, Deb, Pribi, and Melody. I’ve sent emails to you all. If you didn’t get it, send me one here. Think different. Apple made the phrase famous. To me, it means to be skeptical; to not accept information at face value. […]
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August Fitness Challenge Update #2: More Steps Or More Lettuce?
After going nuts over the summer, I’m hitting the diet and exercise hardcore. I’m two weeks in and this is update #2. To Step Or Not To Step… Last year, I walked 6,685,801 steps or about 18,318 per day. As pf 8/14, I’ve walked 4,331,839 or about 19,252 steps per day. Despite my increased number, I’ve […]
10 Questions With Cooking Up FIRE
Aloha! Today’s 10 Questions comes all the way from beautiful Hawaii. Cathleen blogs over at Cooking Up FIRE and writes about food, Hawaii and finance. Reading Cooking Up FIRE breaks my heart a little bit. I’ve been to Hawaii a couple of times and loved it. I want to go back really bad, but the […]
Quit Like A Millionaire: Book Review And Giveaway
I’m giving away 3 copies of Quit Like A Millionaire. Read on to see how you can get yours! A couple of weeks ago, someone trolled me on Twitter. He had seen a video of me enjoying life in retirement including spending time with my daughters. He let the hate flow: This is entitled bullshit. […]
August Fitness Challenge Update #1: Down 6 Pounds
After going nuts over the summer, I’m hitting the diet and exercise hardcore. I’m one week in and this is update #1. I let myself go a little bit over the summer. Even on a 400-mile bicycle ride, it’s hard to stay strong when pie and cake are stalking you at every corner: Now that […]
10 Questions With Rags To Nicer Rags
On my recent adventures to St. Louis, I had the pleasure of meeting DJ from Rags To Nicer Rags. DJ is a fine human who is doing some cool things with his life. If DJ lived in Longmont or I lived in St. Louis, we’d be barbequing at each other’s homes regularly. See you next […]
July Performance Update (Day 2404): The Superior Advantage Of Inferior Taste
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* 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 my numbers. Perhaps the greatest quality that allows me to […]
August Fitness Challenge
The rhythm of life changes when summer comes. The girls are out of school, so my daily routine goes out of the window. With a working spouse, I’m hanging out with the girls all summer. While this is wonderful and I appreciate it tremendously, it also leaves little me-time. I wake up around 5:30 am, […]
RAGBRAI On FIRE
Almost two decades ago, my girlfriend said something like this to me: There is a bicycle ride across Iowa called RAGBRAI! Let’s do it! At this point, I thought that my future wife was insane. Riding past cornfields and hog farms for 500 miles in the heat of July? No thanks. However, I went along […]
It’s Never Too Early for New Year’s Resolutions: Want to Step Out With MY Gang?
Hi there, Mrs. 1500 today. If you’ve been keeping up with my antics, you’ll remember that this year has seen me run a 5K in January, a half marathon in May, and just last week Mr. 1500 and I rode RAGBRAI with Mr. Waffles on Wednesday (and Mrs. WoW providing support), Big Ox, Little Bird, […]
Midwest Roadtripping/ Questionable Swimming
We’re currently on a road trip that will span almost a month. When this goes live, I’ll be on a bike, riding the farm roads of Iowa. However, the trip started in Colorado… First, we made a stop at Camp FI Rocky Mountain: Then we went to Minnesota. I’m a Midwesterner at heart and always […]
10 Questions With Brad From The Finn Mindset
The best part of blogging and FIRE is the community that I get to meet. Sometimes, it’s at a Camp FI or FinCon. Other times, it’s at the coworking space that I hang out at. Occasionally, I’ll get an email from someone who heard me on a podcast or reads this blog. And this last […]
Guest Post: 213 Days To Freedom
Today, I have a guest post to from the excellent Cody Berman who writes at Fly To FI. Before I turn it over to Cody, I have to tell you something about myself. I started at my first job when I turned 14. It was at McDonald’s for the princely sum of $3.35/hour, minimum wage […]
10 Questions With Abandoned Cubicle
At this moment, I happen to be in Abandoned Cubicleland. AKA, the Twin Cities. Head writer at Abandoned Cubicle, Cubert, resides in the frozen mosquito-infested north. I even got to see him last night at a local watering hole: Although I love Minnesota, I’m not sure I want to live in a place where the […]
Rocky Mountain High At Camp FI
I just got back from Camp FI Rocky Mountain and it was a hell of a weekend. I am: Exhausted: Sleep, what’s that? Energized: I know that I just said I was exhausted. At the same time, I feel like a fire has been lit under my ass. Inspired: It’s impossible not to be when […]
June Performance Update (Day 2373): Trailer Park Profit!
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* 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 my numbers. At a very high level, my investing goal […]