One of the remarkable things I’ve learned about early retirement is how many opportunities there are to make money after calling it quits from full-time work. Making money after early retirement has been way easier than I had expected. Before…
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6 simple statements that define my life
I’m a simple person. I like to distill things down into simple terms about simple concepts. Over-complicating life just doesn’t appeal to me. The stuff I live by is as fundamental as it is straight-forward. And, frankly, easy to pronounce. …
A hard reset after losing everything in the Tubbs fire
I have an incredible story for you today from a dad who watched his house burn to the ground in the Tubbs fire that killed over 40 people and caused $1.2b in damages in California. He’s a personal finance blogger,…
Don’t listen to all early retirement and financial independence advice
A couple weeks ago, I got to thinking about bad advice – especially within the Financial Independence and Early Retirement (#FIRE) community. The same advice gets thrown around so much that it’s becoming conventional wisdom. And, you know what I…
Here is why you might want to ignore our story
Our story is fairly unique: Both my wife and I sold our homes, bought an Airstream and travel the country full-time with our two rescued dogs. A nomadic life is how we’ve chosen to achieve financial independence. It’s our way. …
How to eat a hamburger
FIRE. FFLC. DINK. I recently stumbled onto the online community of financially independent thinkers and early retirees. It’s been great reading the perspectives of others, but it took some time to become acclimated to the acronyms that kept appearing. Every…
Live your epic new life
The changes we make are designed to maximize our happiness every day of our lives. What’s it like to live your epic permanent paradise? What is it like to live a life we designed? To be financially free? To be…
How To Change Your Life
All of us have the power to change our lives in profound ways. It can take time, but it’s this power that gives us the strength to succeed. This is about how to go from where you are now to…
You Can Live Differently
Have you ever thought about living differently? Like, way differently? How about traveling the world on a sailboat, or working on Mars? Okay, the Mars thing might not be possible…yet. 🙂 The typical definition of the “American Dream” reads like…
How to reach your permanent paradise
Your permanent paradise is that life you dream about. It’s achievable as much as it is a fantasy, and it’s that carrot dangling right in front of you. Whatever you imagine is your so-called “perfect life”, that’s your permanent paradise. Recently,…