How I Stretch My Dollars Further
After this post from last week, I was thinking about some ways I stretch my dollars without impacting my quality of life too much....
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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...
Engineering Fire
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...
Article Roundup May 2023
Correction 6/24/2023: Corrected date of graduation from 2023 to 2021. It’s the end of the month, and that means it is time for another...
Mortgages are a Scam – Buying vs Mortgage
Well, I think that will take the cake for the most clickbaity title to date. Now maybe the word scam is a bit too...
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...
April 2023 Expense Reports – New Categories
As usual, it is time for another expense report. This time for April 2023. This month, budget category updates. Expenses: Housing 1352 Utilities 384...
April 2023 Article Roundup
It’s the end of the month, and that means it is time for another monthly roundup. As usual, this is a curated selection of...
Why I’m Working after Reaching FI
I’ve mentioned before that my goal for FIRE is to be able to spend $4,000 a month, or $48,000 a year. I thought I’d...
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...