Category Archives: General FIRE
Time = Money, Health = Time, so Health = Money
You can probably tell by the title of this post what I’m going to talk about. Time and money are inextricably related. So much as been written on this topic in the FIRE community that it hardly bears repeating, but, … Continue reading
Where You Live Can Matter A Lot For Your Financial Independence
What you’ll need for a comfortable retirement is, of course, dependent on what your expenses in retirement are and what assets you have available to meet those expenses. Volumes have been written on that subject alone (I have, and will … Continue reading
FI and Frugality: What it Means to Me (and What it Doesn’t)
If you have done any reading within the FIRE community, you hear the word “Frugal” bandied about a good bit. Unless you’ve won the lottery, are related to one of Google’s original employees, or sold your internet company for … Continue reading
Five Years of Cash
Ok, the title is a little misleading, but the truth is that the more liquid assets you have available to you for the short to mid-term time frame, the less likely you are to be subject … Continue reading
Twenty Years of Hard Labor – What I’ve Learned About Investing
I did some interesting research a couple of years ago. You see, I’ve been an active investor for most of the accumulation phase of my investing years. I’ve researched stocks and bought or sold individual companies for all of my … Continue reading