Three years ago I decided that I should place deposits from my brain on the interweb once in a while. 1095 days have passed with random LifeInFIRE thoughts appearing a couple of times per month. Why? There is no need in this world of existing information for some strange guy spewing additional words onto the …Read More
I’m so not normal. The other “morning” I went to the gym. I usually arrive between 9-11a two days during the week. At this time I tend to join a large contingent of silver-haired people moving their bodies to get their blood pumping in an attempt to better their lives. It’s so inspirational. It’s so …Read More
Rearrange the FIRE acronym and you almost get FREE—or a phonetic variation. Not that FIRE costs nothing (free), but rather you gain something—FREEDOM. This example is almost un-relatable to most people…for now. The other day I had to wake up at 6am so I could drive to a morning meeting. My normal wake time is …Read More
We finally decided to take a last minute cruise since we have an awesome schetchle. We’ve always heard of the specials to fill the rooms at last minute, or even the last month or so before departing. Cuba sounded like a great place to visit—one of those better-do-it-now kind of places. I noticed there were …Read More
This was an article I wrote for www.Fiology.com Our story seems quite different than most, but anyone can use pieces of my life examples to better yourself, including my mistakes. Lessons: My story to LifeInFIRE started as a (lucky) middle-class 12 years-old when I was taught how to save and how bonds/high-interest rates worked. That …Read More
This is an update to last year’s post. I went to Goodwill on Thursday, Jan 3rd, 2019 because I was passing by after the gym. THE GOODWILL RACKS WERE PACKED!!! I could not believe all of the items on the racks and shelves. It was like hundreds of homes had cleaned out their over-consumption stuff …Read More