Liquid Net Worth – How to Calculate Your Runway to Financial Freedom

From 1500 Days … Money isn’t the goal. Money is just the starting point. Money is a facilitator. The FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement is really about living intentionally. While it would be arrogant to say that you can’t do this with a job, it’s difficult to reconcile the life you truly want to […]

From Financial Mechanic … For too long, the myth that women are somehow bad with money has perpetuated our media, marketing, and minds. Advice based on these false assumptions conveys that women are at fault. If they only negotiated harder, took on more risks, and (in short) acted more like a man, then they would […]

If you always allow yourself to go with the flow, you will end up wherever the flow takes you. It has no regard to your future self. If you want control over where you end up in life, you will need to make decisions that contradict the flow. However, controlling your direction means you will […]

From Financial Samurai … If there’s a car in your blind spot and you swerve suddenly, there’s a good chance you’ll get into an accident. Your accident will not only cost time and money to fix, you might also suffer an injury or even die. If you have a financial blindspot, the consequences can be just as severe. […]

A common theme is that Social Security is a rip off, a nearly worthless and totally unreliable pipe dream that will not be there when you need it. It might surprise you to know that I can claim, without fear of contradiction, that when I receive my first Social Security check, it will be the […]