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
Perspective is an interesting thing. It is generally envisioning from my frame of reference. I know it’s important to view things from others’ perspectives as well to give another data point for the upcoming processing that I tend to undertake. But this post is about looking at something from another perspective that I chose to …Read More
Why do you have money in your investment and bank accounts? Why do you own assets? What is all of that for? Why, why why? I should allow for a 5-minute pause here. Right after I typed that first sentence, I realized I needed to think about this concept more. In the past month, I …Read More
Do people leaving a career and venturing into the amazing world of FIRE, retirement, freedom, fun, and the unknown accurately believe they will become a great new person? Does one’s purpose lie just beyond that final pay period? The Monday after a long multi-decade career doesn’t energize someone into a magical new being. There is …Read More
To play on the title from my last post…what’s out there? Have you had the ability to take a chunk of time and roam around? Did you do this while on vacation and in a town somewhere? Did you roam as part of vacation from location to location—wherever you may roam and end up? Did …Read More
Do you wonder about things? Do you find yourself googling and gathering data and turning that data into information? Do you enjoy building up knowledge, skills, and abilities over time? Do you find satisfaction in understanding more things? I have really noticed my interest in Curiosity. I love getting information about everything. There is so …Read More