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, then stuff will pop off and I’ll…
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 if you skim this one, or even…
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 Pant and JD Roth on, and they…
Tactical Dad, Substitute Teacher, Delivery Dude: My $5,000 Odyssey to the FSA Promised Land
We qualified for it this year. Yay? I guess I haven't told you I had a weird goal this year: to make $5000 of earned income. Why? So we could…
The Guilt of Early Retirement (And how to slap it in the face)
Less guilt, more awesomesauce.
FIRE Life Update-Working?
More work, less retire Holy heck, it's been a bit since I did a straight update post. Actually, it's been a bit since I've done any post. You know why?…
Vader Reply
Brevity is not my strong point. To quote the great metacognitive philosopher Britney spears-”whoops, I did it again”. A reader named Vader posted a few comments with some questions. Some…
How to do nothing
Executing the "chill" portion of VTSAX and chill. When people ask me how I retired early, I usually reply with "high savings rate and index funds". If I'm trying to…
Rice & Beans
They're actually pretty good. A weird thing happened last week. I got a book in the mail, opened it, and saw six pages that I'd written. Surreal. Of course I'm…
Brightside
Into the hall alone, my son? Now hear your mother's prayer. Go back onto the battlefield And aid your father there. I'd far prefer your blood be spilled Like water…