Oh crap, not another crappy-happy-sappy Thanksgiving post.Stay with me friends; this won't be too mushy.It's been over 5 years since I quit my job and I still haven't quite adjusted to FI life. I was considering this the other day after cursing out the fingerprint reader on my phone. Fingerprint readers have been pretty much useless to me lately. It's because I've … [Read more...] about Thankful To Be Thankful
Live Boldly
This post was inspired by this over at FI for the People. Thank you Bitches Get Riches for bringing it to my attention.Perhaps my most popular post is the one where I wrote about my death march to financial independence. It describes how I went a little nuts to get to FI. I worked very hard and in doing so, forgot to live. The whole point of FI is better living, so I … [Read more...] about Live Boldly
Performance Crapdate: August! September!! October!!! Oh My!!!!
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 my numbers.Oof! … [Read more...] about Performance Crapdate: August! September!! October!!! Oh My!!!!
Unicorns, The Easter Bunny, And Safe Passive Returns
I was perusing the Choose FI group on Facebook last week and someone posted something that went like this:I pulled all my investments out of VTSAX in 2020 and have been sitting on cash ever since. I don't want to get back into VTSAX. I'm looking for something that is passive, has a good return, and is safe.Many of the comments were unkind.You clearly don't know what … [Read more...] about Unicorns, The Easter Bunny, And Safe Passive Returns
How I Earned $75,000 By Dumping Health Insurance Without Losing Healthcare (or peace of mind)
Health care in America, is a big scary mess. We spend more on healthcare than most, but manage to have poorer outcomes. Not good.Mindy and I are fortunate to have had excellent health. We're pushing 50, but only have to see the doctor for routine checkups. Same for our children. On top of this, we've been fortunate to have had excellent health insurance through Mindy's … [Read more...] about How I Earned $75,000 By Dumping Health Insurance Without Losing Healthcare (or peace of mind)