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Financial Independence, Guest Post, Intentional Living, Retirement

Yes, I’m Retiring With Just $500,000

June 19, 2019 163 Comments

* I’m in the process of moving, so my friend Purple from A Purple Life wrote an epic guest post for today. She has a not-so-harebrained-scheme to retire next year on half a million dollars. I admit that I wondered how exactly she was planning to pull it off when most early retirees save at […]

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Financial Independence, Intentional Living, Retirement

Forget FIRE– Let’s Get HOT

March 20, 2019 31 Comments

When I went to the Netherlands in November, I navigated my way through streets filled with weaving bicycles, friendly people, and best of all, shops with poffertjes in the window — mini-pancakes dusted in sugar. After those melt-in-the-mouth magic wonders, I am ready for the next big idea coming from Northern Europe. In this case, […]

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Opinions, Retirement, Social

Finding Fulfillment — What Will You Be When You Retire?

October 26, 2018 16 Comments

Two days ago, my phone buzzed with a trending post on Reddit. The post detailed someone who had achieved FIRE (financial independence and retire early), but says he is ready to go back to work. “The past year has been horrible for me,” he writes, “The lack of socialization, need to get out of the house, […]

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Investing, Money, Retirement

The Beginner’s Guide to Investing – For When You Just Want To Be Told What To Do

June 8, 2018 6 Comments

So you’ve followed The Ultimate Flowchart and you have a budget. You save up 3-6 months of expenses for an emergency fund, and now you’re sitting pretty. What next? When I finished with school I had knowledge piled up in my head: I knew how to calculate fluid velocity in a pipe, the fracture toughness of a […]

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Background, Financial Independence, Retirement

What is Financial Independence?

June 5, 2018 2 Comments

I am part of a growing movement of people looking for a way out of the rat race. The movement is called FIRE: Financial Independence, Retire Early. The blogosphere is growing with people embracing the movement, and I at first felt like I had little to add to this space. After all, Gwen of fiery millennials is another […]

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