If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in early retirement, it’s that quitting your job doesn’t change who you are. Like, at all. As most of you know, I gave my technology career the middle finger in December of 2016,…
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How my wife and I share a 200 sqft space and avoid killing each other
Before we moved into the Airstream, people would give us almost the exact same unsolicited feedback about those plans: “I’d love to travel like that, but my wife/husband would drive me crazy”. Like clockwork, the primary motivating factor in maintaining…
How much money you should have saved by your age and how to get there
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by PSECU, a Pennsylvania-based credit union. Far too many Americans save far less for retirement than they should. As a result, a large number of seniors lack the financial resources they require to fully enjoy…
Blogger Confessions #14: Rachel from Adventures in Mobile Homes
Happy Saturday and welcome to the 14th episode of the ‘Blogger Confessions’ interview series on the blog. Today, I’m bringing in Rachel from Adventures in Mobile Homes to talk about blogging and how they’ve managed to keep everything straight as…
The 3 things you should do to build wealth in 2019 (updated regularly)
In December, I celebrated my two year anniversary of early retirement from full-time work. In 2016, I quit the rat race at 35 to pursue projects that I actually cared about (imagine that!). Without the relatively comfortable full-time paycheck. It’s…
How I’m Working Towards Early Retirement by Building and Selling Websites
As soon as I graduated from college I knew I wanted to retire early. The thought of a 40-45 year career just to reach retirement seemed depressing. Just making it to Friday felt impossible, much less going through the same…
Blogger Confessions #13: The Physician Philosopher
Happy Saturday and welcome to the 13th episode of the ‘Blogger Confessions’ interview series on the blog. Today, I’m bringing in The Physician Philosopher to talk about blogging and how they’ve managed to keep everything straight as a personal finance…
What can you learn in 10 minutes that’ll be useful for the rest of your life
I am a sucker for simplicity. Throughout my life, I’ve very often chosen the easier way to get by. Less work. Less stress. But, there’s one thing I always focused on through this process. I focused on learning as much…
How we earned over $43,000 in 2018 with passion projects
One of the most surprising things about early retirement has been, strangely enough, the ability to earn income by doing things that we enjoy. Once we added up the numbers, we earned way more than we ever imagined possible before…
You don’t need any more personal finance advice
It’s true. We all know how to reach financial independence and retire early. We all know that saving more than we spend will result in a rapid and consistent increase in our net worth. Thankfully for those of us who…