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FIRE Goals Update: 2 Years of (sorta?)Early Retirement
If you’re just joining us, I worked for nearly 15 years as a cop, but thanks to finding the FI thing almost a decade ago I was able to leave my job. I’d saved and invested enough to in theory never work again, and I left the job 5 years before I vested in a pension worth over a million bucks. Thank God I did, because these past two years have been totally fucking worth it. Let’s get into how this past year has worked out.
Help Wanted
Hi everybody! Short post for today in which I ask for your help. I volunteered to give a talk about Mental Health and…
Guarding the Gilded Cage: Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness (But It Does Buy Different Worries)
More Money, Same amount of Problems My part time gig ebbs and flows. I may go two or three weeks without doing anything,…
FI Fail? Maybe. YOLO Win? Definitely! Our Stressful But Worthwhile (Maybe?) Decision to Buy Another House
Holy Crap. This ended up being a nearly 5000 word post describing how we thought through buying another house. I don’t blame you…
FIRE Drill: How Getting Shot Gave Me a Taste of Early Retirement
Ten years ago I took my first paid sabbatical. Though accidental, it was freaking great. Recently the Mile High FI podcast had Paula…