So, there is a conference coming up in Dallas for financial media called FinCon. And it’s great!
It’s awesome hanging out with over 1,500 (my favorite number) folks who love talking about money as much as I do. And beer.
And there is an event for folks who are not bloggers too. It’s only $39 and the dude who runs FinCon is a great guy, so I know it will be a worthwhile event. And even better, you get to meet me! What would be better than that?
A root canal.
A hard kick to the nuts.
A fart in a spacesuit.
Driving your car off a cliff.
Hey hey, I’m not that boring! Get a few beers in me and I’m downright, dare I say, fun?!
Well, probably not. But I’m sure to do something stupid and if you’re filming, perhaps you’ll win $10,000 from one of those TV shows.
But I digress.
How to find me
At the conference in San Diego last year, there was also an event for the public. Meeting you readers is always awesome, but I missed some people too. Afterward, I received a couple emails:
Hey, I came out to meet you, but couldn’t find you.
And this one:
You should come up with a shirt so people can find you.
Hmmmm. I’ve always felt funny about wearing a shirt to promote myself. I’m kinda shy and it goes against the grain of who I am. Self-promotion just ain’t my thing jelly bean.
But then I started thinking about it. Perhaps I could make a 1500 t-shirt that wasn’t a big ad? It just has to be something unique so that my three adoring readers can find me. I thought about it long and hard and then:
POOF!
An idea came! Brace yourselves. Here is the shirt that I’ll be sporting at FinCon:
So, come out and find me. Beers are on me. Literally. I spill shit all over myself. But really, I’ll buy you a beer too. Just don’t spill it on me. I don’t need any help with that.
And That’s Not All!
The best part of FinCon is meeting loads of new people who are doing amazing things. One of the people who I can’t hardly wait to meet this year is Mr. WoW from Waffles on Wednesday. You may know him as the guy who I’m trying to beat in a death match to lose weight. Or, you may know him as the guy who won a car on The Price is Right. What you probably didn’t know is that he heads up a waffle empire. At FinCon, he’ll be releasing Waffle Pimp, the long awaited sequel to his NY Times best seller, Waffles Every F***ing Day. Rumor has it that Hollywood studios are in a bidding war for the movie rights and that Brad Pitt is campaigning hard to play Mr. WoW.
Anti Bucket List
Now, on to last week’s question where I asked about your anti bucket list. Here is what you never want to do:
Adam from Minafi:
• Climb Mt. Everest is on mine too – especially after watching documentaries about it.
• Have a bunch of others rely on me for their livelihood (run a business).
• Gut and fix up a house (too many variables for me, would prefer to do it bit by bit or buy the result).
• Buy a new car or new house
• Go hunting
• Go to a war zone
On an unrelated note, Adam made this totally badass Interactive Early Retirement Guide. This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Way to go Adam!
Reader Steveark is hilarious! And Steve, does your wife know you called her a Starter Wife? 🙂 :
Get a pilot license. certain death
Learn to rock climb. certain death
Get an inside dog or cat. ridiculous
Live in a metro area. ridiculous
Trade in Starter Wife. ridiculous and certain death
Never have I ever wanted to be a high-ranking corporate executive. Seems like you have to give up your dignity in exchange for a lot of douchey-ness.
Totally agree there! I don’t want to put in the hours or kiss the right asses.
No boob-job for Reader Nazar!
…inserting alien objects in my body that have to be replaced every 10 years and having to replace all my bras unnecessarily as a result of this.
I don’t want to skydive and neither does Revanche from A Gai Shan Life:
Skydiving – Nope, I like my internal organs to stay internal.
Reader SpacemanFry has a good point:
Surprised with some of the things and experiences people are putting on their anti-bucket list. Something like this (a list of things that I actively say I will never do) is somewhat anathema to my philosophy of always being open to trying new things and experiences. Without pushing our boundaries a little and taking some risks life would get pretty boring and we would stagnate. At least that’s my opinion anyway.
Since Spaceman is open to new experiences, I’m going to take him to get a new tattoo (VTSAX) next time I see him! It’s on me Spaceman!
Reader Ash:
Watching the Bachelor/Bachelorette. Hard pass. (Mrs. 1500 note: SOOOO there with you.)
Everyone else:
Meeting Mr. 1500 in Dallas. The dude is in his 40s and still plays with plastic dinosaurs and Transformers. There is obviously something wrong with him.
OK, so I made that last one up.
Really though, I can hardly wait to meet some of you. Come on down to FinCon and we’ll chat over a beer about VTSAX, financial independence, fart jokes and plastic dinosaurs…
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Love the shirt!! That’s awesome! My husband has been dreaming of going to FinCon for years (yes, that’s not a joke….years….) so maybe we will put that in the travel plans next year.
So many good replies for the anti-bucket list! And btw, you invoke some awesome humorous responses from folks! Coincidence? I think not. 🙂
I’ll have to look for the shirt… see you in Dallas!
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Omg that shirt is amazing. I fully admit I made a Picky Pinchers shirt just because I wanted to make sure I could find people better. 😛 Hopefully we can bump into each other at FinCon! I am so excited to get through the one week standing between now and the conference!
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Looking forward to seeing you and Mr WOW take things up a notch at FinCon. What can possibly go wrong when you two meet in person?!
PS – A fart in a space suit? Wicked.
Hey!! Mrs Wow will be there as well! It’s going to be a family affair!!
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Have fun in Dallas! Unfortunately, we’ll miss this one. Maybe next year..
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Your best teaser to to get us to click on “see more”.
I’m sneaky like that.
Oh man, starting to make me feel like I’m about to miss out on a colossal party! Have fun with all the other FI party animals, these people know how to have fun 🙂
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Around 4 years ago I first found Mr1500 days. I was 20 at the time, just graduated University in the UK and never done much in the form of investing in retirement, saving money etc. etc.
To make myself accountable to the goal of financial independence I too decided to start a blog. Little did I know that blogging (and Mr 1500 days) would change my life.
I remember reading about ‘FinCon’ with great excitement and awe, However, being British I couldn’t ever justify paying all the money to travel to the US for a conference. Just last year in fact I listened to Mr 1500 days podcast / interview from the event in my car.
When the crazy priced tickets came out for FinCon 2017 (just as FinCon 2016 wrapped up) I remember saying to my girlfriend… “If I could make £1,000 per month from my blog I’ll go to that”
Come January 2017, I’m making £1,000 per month from my blog.
Come April 2017, we’d sold our house, our car and our business to travel and blog full-time.
Right now? – I’m in Boston… and in 2 days I leave for Dallas, TX – FinCon 2017.
To say I’m excited is an understatement. So yes Mr1500 I’ll be one of the crazy nuts who definitely comes over to say “Hello” in that very unique and highly distinguishing t-shirt.
TO ANYONE READING THIS: Don’t be afraid to come over and say “Hello” to me too… I’m one of only a few British people attending this event. I’m not really in any cliques or groups (basically I have no friends, don’t leave me!) I’m in some of the Slack groups and look forward to meeting you all.
Finally, to Mr1500 days. Let me take this time to say thank you!
Now if that doesn’t get you to win the people’s choice 2017 – I don’t know what will 😉
Cora, I’m tearing up here. This is incredible.
No friends?! No. No!
Count me in as friend #1!
I can hardly wait to meet!
I think this lack of carbs has gone to your brain. And overdose of soylent has created a monster.
I will say that meeting you will be roughly equivalent to a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. I’m looking forward to a tasty meal here: http://frankunderground.com/ at $65 a plate that should be a sufficient winning!! mmmm and a nice growler of local beer. And of course, the all important $1!! Being a pimp it’s hard for me to think is such small denominations.
1500/150 more days!!!
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Stop being modest Mr. WoW. You’re killing it in life. Embrace it. And don’t forget about us little guys when your movie earns it’s first $100,000,000 at the box office.
In the rare event that I lose, I’ll let you order anything from here, even a Big Box: https://www.tacobell.com
A big box?!?! Hell no! A hexagon delight is more like it!! Maybe we can class it up and do a TB/PH combo. Those breadsticks are mighty tasty!!
We’re somehow keeping our 5 year streak of not attending FinCon going, though this year I don’t have a good excuse as I still have some PTO available…
Maybe next year.
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I’ll still be in Japan…so…err…probably not gonna make that meat-up! How about I eat some sushi for you instead?
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Awesome shirt – should help you stand out more in the crowd! This’ll be my first FinCon and I do hope I get a chance to meet you – regardless of your beer-paying offer!
— Jim
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Some day I will meet it and then I can meet my personal finance idols. Have a great trip.
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Awesome shirt! You should sell it on your site 🙂 I think we need more dinosaur t-shirts! In fact maybe next I see you we can go get matching dinosaur tattoos 🙂
Have fun at FinCon.
Man, I am gonna miss seeing you and many of the bloggers I love/adore/respect/secretly wish we could exchange sites with/ in Dallas! The sad part is I have a good friend in Dallas who I could’ve shacked up with and attended FinCon but as luck would have it, I am just about 10,000 miles away conducting a “strategy meeting”. Will be thinking of you guys…have an extra beer on me! Talk about your mind being in one place, and your body being in another. 🙁
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Thanks to you talking up FinCon in the past, Tim and I are going for our first time this year. AND I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED!!!
Your humility is going to be challenged but I hope it’s a teensy bit fun to have fans. Soak it up, baby!
I will totally find you and your awesome shirt at FinCon. Save a fart joke for me.
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I missed you last year when you were wearing your sheep shirt if I recall our tweet chat correctly – better luck this year? Maybe you can add a Dino hat to make it easier to spot you in the crowd!
Hey!! Mr Cargobi will be there as well! It’s going to be a family affair!
Great dinosaur t-shirts too. You can combine it with other shapes to get better ones