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FIRE is Freedom: Personal Independence Through Financial Independence

By Ty Roberts   24 Comments
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FIRE is Freedom

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

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.

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Reach Financial Independence Using The Three Solutions Rule

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Three Solutions Rule

I’ve been with my current employer for nearly five years now.  Throughout that time I’ve held a few different positions, worked on various teams, and had a handful of different managers, but something I learned during my very first week on the job has stuck with me the entire time.  I call it the ‘3 Solutions’ rule and I believe it can help all of us reach financial independence.
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Payback’s A Bitch

By Ty Roberts   9 Comments
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Payback is a bitch

Have you ever done something, either nefarious or hilarious, to someone else?  Something that almost certainly means payback is in order?  Usually you don’t know how or when payback will find you, but you know it’s coming.  And all you can do is wait.

It’s a terrible feeling.  Constantly looking over your shoulder.  Being suspicions of almost everything and everyone.  You walk on eggshells, just waiting for the payback to happen till eventually you end up wishing for it to happen so that you can just get on with your life already!  The anticipation is awful.

Yes, payback sucks.  Do you know what else sucks?  Paying back.  As in debt.

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