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From Life and my Finances …
“‘The American dream is dead…’ I’m hearing this more and more recently, and I honestly can’t understand it.
From my viewpoint, the American dream is still alive – and not only is it alive, but it seems to me that pretty much anyone from anywhere can earn millions of dollars during their lifetime!”
Keep reading … THE AMERICAN DREAM IS STILL ALIVE … YOU’RE JUST NOT DOING IT RIGHT
LIGHT A FIRE UNDER YOUR RETIREMENT! 
No matter how successful I became in my career, I always felt there was a part of me that wasn’t good enough. And I numbed that pain through my spending. Courageous FIRE – Money Stir Related
From Paula Pant at Afford Anything … “Dr. Pfau is a Professor of Retirement Income at The American College of Financial Services. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton. He’s a chartered financial analyst. He won two awards for “most outstanding contribution” from the Journal of Financial Planning. He won another award for “best […]
From The White Coat Investor … “I’ve seen a few studies lately about your “chances” of becoming a millionaire. In reality, those studies are really just descriptions of who millionaires are, and have little to do with your personal likelihood of becoming a millionaire. Few were surprised to see that the percentages were higher for […]
It’s funny how the things you see every day, without really noticing them anymore, can suddenly hit you in a different way. This quilt was definitely a long-term project. It occurred to me this morning that our collective hike towards FI/RE is put together a little like this scrappy quilt. The FIRE Quilt – Burning […]
Over the years I have heard some interesting critiques of index investing. However, the most prevalent one seems to be in response to a particular argument some people use as a defense of passive stock investing. The argument goes, the assumption of the index fund investor is that stocks will always go up in the […]
Throughout the years, dozens of people have asked me to explain financial independence and how I’m retiring at 30. This explanation is usually met with indifference (people are so weird) and possibly them scoffing behind my back (I can only suspect). However, a curious few ask to know more. This leads to me setting up […]
I’m officially ready to die. Not that I want to or anything. I’ve still got a few things I’d like to check of the ol’ to-do list, but should something happen to me, I’m ready, financially speaking. Related
From Doubling Dollars … “Investing is like farming. You have to plant (buy) when the season is right and harvest (sell) when the time comes. In between you don’t have to do that much at all, you mostly wait until your crop (investment) grows. That ‘nothing’ part seems to be where a lot of people have […]
I’m told that I come across as being positive about my FIRE life. I do try to be honest in what I write, so I guess the positivity reflects how I’ve found early retirement so far. But occasionally, early retirement life can be confusing and there’s the odd less good moment too. Some early retirement […]
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