I am so sick of seeing commercials of shiny new SUVs with Christmas bows in the driveway and a happy couple (+2kids) frolicking in the 1” of artificial snow. Economics I understand the money making (selling) machines of corporate America are behind this and our economy thrives from purchases, and nobody is going to pay …Read More
“Oh how expensive it must be to eat vegetarian (plants) all the time.” Are you thinking “here goes an entire paycheck to Whole Foods” to get the organic new superfoods of the month? This is what so many people believe. Maybe it’s our marketing culture.1 Then it occurred to me, what do poor people …Read More
What if your brain goes bad? What if you start to lose control of your functioning? STOP…and think about this for a few seconds. In less than 30 minutes yesterday, two family friends released funding campaigns to help them deal with their upcoming brain surgeries. Just typing this I feel a sense of anxiety at …Read More
Let’s be clear, when you have FU money you don’t have to wear pants, or socks for that matter! The power of FI can allow you to set some of your own rules, within reason of course. I am lucky that I can almost always wear sandals/Sanuks. I have Sanuks that look like shoes, but …Read More
My little dog Yola has been a HUGE part of our lives for almost 13 years. Being FIREd—as well as working from home for about 6 years before FIRE—we spent all day, most days with our little Yola. She’s the sweetest, loving, most trusting dog and companion anyone could ever wish to spend life with. …Read More
{These are my personal observations and opinions of the events that took place. I may be wrong} I attended a meeting for a family financial planning education group. I could tell from the pictures this would be some kind of recruitment or sales-y meeting. I had no idea it would make me physically sick to …Read More