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2018
Loss of Status
Retirement, or half retirement in my case, is a major life change. Transitioning from the accumulation phase, to the maintenance stage, and eventually to th...
Post Half Retirement Schedule
I have mentioned in the past about how all good financial plans have at least four legs. These include a W2, real estate, stocks and bonds, and side hustles...
My Secret Weapon
I have a secret weapon in the financial independence game. A frugality hack so potent, it probably saves me thousands of dollars every year. It is not some...
Getting to Acceptance
I have spent a lot of time in the last few months thinking about financial peace. A place where a healthy dose of money apathy leads to an existence untethe...
Everything She Needed
She had everything she needed. Her husband had died long ago. But the fortune he left her would suffice. She had given up on mansions long ago. There wer...
Silencing My Inner Voice
I have talked in the past about feeling like a financial independence fake. We all feel this way sometimes. The impostor syndrome is real and often hard to...
Is Blogging Dead?
Well obviously not if you are reading these words. But the world has changed. Back in 2005 when I started, blogging was a fresh platform to exchange ideas ...
Frugality Fails
I did something completely illogical upon realizing that I was financially independent. I doubled down. I conceived of a plan to slow down at work (which I...
Retired Early and Stressed Out Anyway
Yesterday I used a home as an analogy for retirement. To build a home, one must have a strong foundation. Although an ultimate necessity, this foundation, ...
To Build a Home
It’s a downcast Chicago morning as I duck into the indoor mall to take my morning walk. As so many Halloween’s go, the darkness has begun to set in and we i...
Time Stress
I have two Achilles heals. Two mental health issues that continually challenge me no matter how introspective and self-aware I become. One is food. I have...
Failure is a Comma, Not an Exclamation Point
I failed today. That’s right. I had every intention of things going well, and had even gone as far as visualizing how the day was going to play out. I did...
A Second Look at Private School
I have written before about how we broke the budget when we decided to send my daughter to private school. It was a hard decision, but one we felt we were f...
Not Throwing In The Towel
My post about closing the loop yesterday got some interesting comments. I often talk about beginnings and endings in my writing. I like to think that my bl...
Closing The Loop
Writing this blog has been a journey. A journey in which I have grown incrementally. Not only inner change, but outward also. I have started the process o...
Early Retirement and the Efficient Time Frontier
I was trying to make plans with a friend to meet up for coffee the other day. He has been early retired for a few years and seems to be basking in the glow ...
Flipping The What Ifs
My life is changing. As I am hurdling towards my half retirement, I have to admit that there is a certain amount of fear and trepidation. While I know that...
Financial Independence Fake
I am a financial independence fake. A coward. Here I have been spouting off about my half retirement. Bragging about life changes and am moving on to an ...
What’s Holding You Back?
I have talked in the past about how on this blog I try to tackle the philosophy of financial independence. Part of the reason is that there are so many othe...
In The Days Of The Giants
Last night I met up with a friend who I have known for about fourteen years. I had been reading his thoughts, conversing on email, and even had a Skype sess...
It’s Not About Money
I know you think that’s it’s about money. It’s not about money. I thought it was. In the beginning. When I was tired of the everyday hustle and looking f...
Money Phenotype
Yesterday I talked about money archetypes. There are few basic money personalities that are commonly found in the financial independence community. When I ...
Money Archetypes
I have been thinking about money a lot lately. No, not in the way you imagine. More about how each individual has their own personal relationship with mone...
Is The American Dream Still Alive?
In yesterday’s post, I link to my podcast appearance on The White Coat Investor. I was perusing through the comments this morning and was taken by one in pa...