LIVING ON FULL DISABILITY: 4 LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM MY NEIGHBOR

From Money With A Purpose … Since you started investing, have you experienced a financial crisis? Do you know if you’re emotionally prepared for a market meltdown? If you have money in the market, I hope that’s a question you’ve at least considered. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not predicting a market meltdown is coming. However, […]

From Tawcan … I have been spending a lot of time writing about Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE). Since our financial epiphany, we have been slowly building our passive income streams so one day the passive income can exceed our expenses. When the economy goes down the toilet, it can certainly lead to a lower […]

I’m pretty sure I won’t run out of money before I run out of life. In fact, I am quite confident that I could retire today and still have more money when I die than I do right now. So, why do I keep going to work every day? Honestly, I don’t have a good […]

Rich is a relative term. What exactly does “rich” mean, and how much money do you have to have to be rich? Is money even the best way to measure wealth? Take a look at my logarithmic scale of wealth to see where you land. The Definition of Rich: It’s All Relative | Real Finance […]

Over the last couple of months I have gone into full early retirement planning mode. I have been preparing a list of things to do at home and at work before I pull the trigger. Ultimately we want to create a “Retirement Manual” of all relevant financial information and thoughts on how our lives will […]

From Rood of Good … Today marks five years of early retirement for me. Flashback: on August 26, 2013 I spent the morning sitting in my office at work, catching up on emails after a week long vacation. Then my boss walks in, says “you’re fired”, hands me the dismissal paperwork and I’m on my […]

From Time To FI … What’s the point in getting to FI if you don’t have your health? What’s the point if you aren’t happy? So you can be financially secure but miserable? No thank you! Money is just a tool to help us achieve security. I know I’d burn out if I simply focused on the […]