Do You Need a Financial Advisor?
I was listening to a recent Best Interest episode (Spotify Link) about some of the help a financial advisor can provide. It gave me...
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11/25/2023
November 2023 Article Roundup
All month I’m constantly reading. Be it various FIRE and personal finance blogs that I subscribe to, random things that pop into my feed,...
11/18/2023
Ultimate Retirement Guide Part 3 – Length of Retirement and Sequence of Risk Returns
It’s about time again for another post in my Ultimate Retirement Guide Series. As a refresher, the goal of this series will be to...
11/11/2023
It’s About the Long-Term Average
This week I thought we would talk about long-term averages, mostly about how occasionally deviating isn’t necessarily the end of the world. Outside of...
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Are Side Hustles Necessary to Achieve FIRE?
This week at work, as of the initial drafting of this post, someone commented on how tired we all look. It’s been a stressful...
Expense Reports June 2023 – Up and To the Right
As usual, it is time for another expense report. This time for June 2023. Expenses Housing 1352 Utilities 362 Groceries 310 Discretionary 42 Other...
You Can Only Cut so Much From Your Budget
This week I thought we’d talk a bit about budgeting, frugality, how it all ties into FIRE, and how you can focus these efforts...
May 2023 Expense Report – Phones and Food
As usual, it is time for another expense report. This time for May 2023. Expenses Housing 1352 Utilities 447 Groceries 338 Discretionary 174 Other...
FIRE as a Range of Options
Originally this post was going to be about why I didn’t plan to start a transition to part-time as I approached FIRE. It then...
Mistakes I’ve Made as an Investor
This week I thought we’d talk about my current investment plan and the many, many mistakes I’ve made over the years. I found it...
Why I’m not Worried about a Drop in Readership
It’s been kind of trendy recently (almost two months ago at this point) to talk about the drop in interest in personal finance blogs...
My Move – Other Considerations
So last week, we talked about the cost of living comparison between where I was living and where I’m currently living. Today I thought...