At the beginning of 2021, we made a list of 12 goals for the year. We divided them up into four areas of life: projects, health, connecting, and finances. When the year was over we took inventory on how well … Read More
How much money do you truly need to achieve FIRE (Financial Independence / Retiring Early)? This is probably the most common question and biggest concern of those pursuing early retirement. Most people use the popular Multiply by 25 Rule and … Read More
Allison and I attended our first FinCon, the self-proclaimed “money nerd” conference, in 2018 (in Orlando). I had an opportunity to be a speaker, and we met lots of influencers in the FIRE space. We also combined it with a … Read More
In April of 2021, we set up an interesting experiment by investing $10K that we had sitting in cash. We put it into five $2K stocks / ETFs that we thought would be worthwhile investments over the next 12 months. … Read More
Allison and I got laid off from our jobs in January of 2015. At the time, we had no idea it would be the last time we would ever work “real jobs” again. We were in our early 40s and … Read More
If you’re like us, you probably thought 2020 was going to be epic (in a good way). We were certainly feeling optimistic when we returned home in January after 10 weeks traveling around Europe and South America. The last part … Read More
If it were easy to achieve FIRE (Financial Independence / Retiring Early), then practically everyone would do it! The fact is that many people would love to FIRE, but only a small percentage will actually reach this goal. Why is … Read More
When you think about “traditional” retirement, you probably picture retiring at age 65 and moving to a place like Florida or Arizona. You’ll spend your time golfing, fishing, and relaxing in a hammock all day. This isn’t a terrible way … Read More
Since 2016, Allison and I have written dozens of blog posts, authored books, taught courses, and spoken to audiences about how to achieve FIRE (aka Financial Independence / Retiring Early). We’ve heard from tons of people about how excited they … Read More
If you are fortunate, you may be one of the millions of full-time workers who can work remotely during the COVID-19 quarantine. For those who are on the path to FIRE, you may be thinking “this shelter-in-place thing is basically … Read More