Another post about dying…always interesting to me. BAM There’s a simple smack-you-in-the-face saying that I’m understanding better. “If you don’t fly first class, your kids will.”  Or if you don’t fly first class, your kid’s spouses will. If I don’t fly first class, my niblings, charity execs, and government leaders will.  I’m NOT thrilled with …Read More

For a while, I’ve been perplexed by some people around me pushing the all-being requirement of purpose. Over and over and over small segments of the communities I’m in are being sold on “finding their purpose.” Podcast This most recently came to light on a podcast where the host shared a conversation with a friend …Read More

Oh—the days of those old people working for one company their whole career, then telling the personnel department they want their gold watch, and by the way, please deposit my monthly pension check into this account—those are so very rare these days. In the very early 1980s, companies used the tax code to their favor …Read More

I’ve been FIREd for 10 years. DecaFIRE.   I’ve been living a great life, a great life of freedom.  I, however, don’t know if I have been living a grand life—a life of world travel and exploration, or goals and accomplishment—that would amaze others.  I’ve just lived a wonderful, gratitude-filled 10 years of FIRE.  (The years …Read More

I know I talked about this already in the context of another post, but I believe this concept needs its own post/title.  This bucket of money is so important to a life with freedom. I’ve talked about the Fun Bucket that Mark Trautman and I push each other on.  We pushed each other to pull …Read More

Over and over, I keep hearing and reading that “money doesn’t make you happier.”  Are they doing it wrong?  Let me state that differently, WTF!? $75,000 is Magic? I often think about the statistics we all read about…”an income over $75,000/yr doesn’t make you happier.”  “You need 80% of your income in retirement.”  “Experiences make …Read More