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The Surprising First Steps to Improve Your Finances

January 8, 2017 By Ty Roberts 18 Comments
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Do you ever feel like you’re doing the Financial Two-Step? Two steps forward, two steps back.

You’re able to get by each month, but unable to get ahead. If so, you’re on the proverbial financial treadmill: running, but going nowhere. And you’re not alone. Nearly one-half of all Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, just one misstep or unexpected expense away from financial disaster.

So how do you get off that treadmill and begin to take control of your finances? There are so many things you can do to start to improve your situation, but what’s the right first step?

Living the FI Life: My Time Before and After FI

December 20, 2016 By Ty Roberts 22 Comments
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Where Does The Time Go — Image credit: Manning Makes Stuff

When you’re financially independent (FI) and your time is your own, that’s living the FI-Life. Although I’m not there yet, I’m working on it and I can’t wait to get there!

How We Manage As A One Car Family Of Six

November 5, 2016 By Ty Roberts 18 Comments
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I’m A Car Guy

I love cars.

I got my first car when I was 15 years old. It was a 1972 Dodge Demon; Hemi Orange. I got my driver license on my sixteenth birthday – it’s all I wanted. I was a car salesmen when my wife and I got married nearly eighteen years ago.

FIRE is Freedom: Personal Independence Through Financial Independence

October 26, 2016 By Ty Roberts 24 Comments
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I’ve had an epiphany of sorts: FIRE is Freedom.

Rather than a flash of inspiration, or a sudden strike of brilliance, this has been more like a light bulb dimmer switch slowly being pushed up, gradually providing more and more illumination.

I’ve come to realize that my drive reach financial independence and retire early isn’t really about financial independence at all. It’s really about personal independence; FIRE is Freedom. [Read more…] about FIRE is Freedom: Personal Independence Through Financial Independence

The Many CycleLogical Benefits of Riding a Bike

October 18, 2016 By Ty Roberts 25 Comments
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Before I begin, let me apologize to my non-American readers. This Cyclelogical post uses statistics and numbers that are US-based. That said, don’t let that take away from the overall message of this post which is this: riding a bike is good for you in almost every conceivable way.