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…
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…
Where the Hell Have I Been?
Vacation and Work, that's where. It's been nearly a month since I wrote anything over here. Thank God I'm not trying to monetize this thing, as I'm sure my sporadic…
The best (and worst) thing about Early Retirement
In early retirement, if you have a bad day it's your fault. This is no different than working life, but you no longer have distractions and scapegoats which make it easy to blame it on something else.
I was wrong, part 567
Financial Coaching, WTF? Yes my friends, for about the millionth time I was wrong about something. One of the nice things about getting older is that this occurrence has stopped…
Your Plan
Well, probably not for you. Unless you're the person I wrote this for. Awhile back a good friend asked me for some general money planning advice. This person is pretty…
Econome
I spent a bunch of money to hang out with people who save lots of money. Here's how that went. A few weeks ago my wife and I went to…
FIRE Goals Update: 1 year of Early Retirement
A year ago I early retired from my insane job as a cop. Before I left, I had high hopes, set goals, and prepared to fucking dominate my hard won…
VITA: First Impressions
Doing peoples taxes for free, because why not? image credit Last week I did my first shift volunteering for VITA/TCE(Volunteer Income Tax Assistance/ Tax Counseling for the Elderly). I spent…