Reading Time: 4 Min I frequent several financial independence forums, and it’s always exciting to hear people report in on achieving a major milestone. There is occasionally talk about what, if anything, will change now that they’ve hit X milestone, and the answer is usually just a plan to stay the course. Noooooo! One of
The Money Habit Featured in Forbes and Business Insider!
Reading Time: 2 Min I’ve gotten an opportunity recently to work with a few fantastic publications on interviews about early retirement. If you’re interested in what we talked about, feel free to check them out below – the Forbes discussion is focused on investing while the Business Insider feature is centered on saving in a
A Little Inspiration For Tackling Money and Life
Reading Time: 2 Min Happy Friday! I’m breaking regularly scheduled programming to share this gem of internet glory. Truth: I sometimes feel like this when I’m tackling something new in money management and in life, and if you do, too, know that you’re in good company. Hopefully we can learn not to take the setbacks too
Stop Using Busy-ness As A Status Symbol
Reading Time: 3 Min One of the things I’ve noticed now that I’m retired is how often people humble-brag about how busy they are. Some people love the feeling of constant movement. For them, I totally get it. If you actually love that go-go-go lifestyle, then keep on keeping on. This is not
Bond Market Outlook: 2017 and Beyond
Reading Time: 2 Min This is the final post in the miniseries The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Bonds. Click the link to start from the first post. Bond markets have a oracle of sorts that the stock market does not: the Federal Reserve. The Fed controls interest rates – one of the two
Reader Mailbag: Loans to Family, The Cost of Weddings
Reading Time: 6 Min I’ve gotten some interesting questions from readers, both through the Contact Me page and through the mega thread of topics you guys have suggested I cover (for those who have a burning topic suggestion, feel free to leave a note over here – I check it regularly for new post
What It’s Like To Be Retired: Off-Peak Living
Credit: Jeff Kober Reading Time: 2 Min One of the biggest drawbacks of living in the city is dealing with its crowdedness. But there’s good news: in retirement, you get to skip all the lines! My view of New York City has changed entirely now that I am retired. Put simply, NYC from 9 am
This Is What a Perfect Financial Plan Looks Like
Reading Time: 4 Min You may be wondering what sort of perfect money management system we’re trying to build with all this personal finance advice. What does it look like in its final incarnation? What will all that beauty and elegance look like combined into one perfectly engineered system? Your wait is at an
Netting High-Paying Jobs and 30% Pay Increases
Reading Time: 7 Min Several readers have asked me how one gets a high-paying job or trades into a higher paying job. It’s a fantastic question and there are many ways to accomplish it. What follows are the techniques that worked for me on my personal journey. By following these tenets, I was consistently given
How To Choose A Mutual Fund – Bonds Edition
Reading Time: 4 Min This post is part of a larger mini-series called The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Bonds. You can read the rest of it over here. Rather than buy individual bonds, most of us will be looking to park our money in a fund where a money manager goes around and purchases a