It’s been a while since I tossed a rant your way. The weather is warm and the drinks are cold. Life has been good. Rants are largely a product of foul moods, so I just haven’t been feeling it. However, the other day, I noticed a ridiculous story on a financial “news” website. It went […]
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Trailer Park #2: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems?
Our net worth now sits at $2,156,341: The money breaks down like this: $755,264: Real estate including one private loan, one trailer park and multiple syndication deals $866,077: Stocks and index funds $515,000: Home equity, cars and dinosaurs Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems? We have enough money to never have to worry about money. We […]
Zen And The Art Of Mind Maintenance: Mr. PP And Mental Space
Every other Friday, I provide an update on my exercise goals. In between, I’m writing about mental fitness. I didn’t post anything on Monday. I had something ready to go, but then I read it over a couple times and realized that what I had written wasn’t so great. I was disappointed because the words I […]
Strength Training Update #4: Mind Over Muscle
I like to set fitness goals for myself. In the first quarter, my goal was to run a half marathon which I did on March 31st. Now it’s time for a new goal and in the second quarter, I’m focusing on strength training. I’ll see how much I can increase my push-up and pull-up maximum repetitions before […]
April Performance Update (Day 1945): Summer Is Here!
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. Summer is here! Well, not officially, but as […]
Zen And The Art Of Mind Maintenance: I Don’t Want The World To Change Me
I don’t wanna change the world, I don’t want the world to change me, I don’t wanna change the world, I don’t want the world to change me. –Ozzy Osbourne, I Don’t Want To Change The World There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and […]
Berkshire Hathaway 2018 Meeting: Buffett Makes A Strong Case For Indexing
I still hold a lot of individual stocks from my days as a stock picker: I have $72,000 invested in Berkshire Hathaway which will do well when the world stays the same: Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings are mostly large, stable companies (Heinz Ketchup, a railroad, Geico). Warren and Charlie are betting that the world (at least how […]
Ask The Readers: Summer Travel!?
One of my favorite parts of a FIREy life is slow travel. Before I left work, my vacations were like this: Ask boss for one week off. Fly somewhere on Friday night after work. Run around like a crazy person trying to cram 21 days of activity into 7. Arrive home exhausted on Sunday night. […]
Strength Training Update #3: Avoiding Roly Poly Genocide
I like to set fitness goals for myself. In the first quarter, my goal was to run a half marathon which I did on March 31st. Now it’s time for a new goal and in the second quarter, I’m focusing on strength training. I’ll see how much I can increase my push-up and pull-up maximum repetitions before […]
Busy Life (Back Soon)
The girls get out of school next week. I want to enjoy the summer with them, so I’ve been trying to tie up loose ends before break starts. The problem is that there are a lot of loose ends. I have no trouble keeping very busy. Busy Life A couple weeks ago, Mrs. 1500 and […]
Zen And The Art Of Mind Maintenance: People Filters
Every other Friday, I provide an update on my exercise goals. In between, I’m writing about mental fitness. In the first edition, I discussed not complaining. Today, I discuss friendship. Or not. I read a book called the 12 Rules for Life that contained some really great advice. One of my favorites was Rule #3: Make […]