Five years ago when I started this site, I was questioning an unhealthy view of work in the USA. I was motivated by a realization that there is a broad …
Interest rates are boring…until they’re not. Over the past couple of years, understanding interest rates has made a six figure difference in my net worth. I’d like to explain while …
There has been an alarming focus recently in the financial independence community around toxic frugality. It has inspired me to reluctantly pick up my virtual pen. The argument goes something …
Have you ever heard financial independence advice that just seems 100% wrong for you? It could be that the advice is intended for someone at a different financial stage in …
Ducks take off along the surface and a couple of does walk lazily down the South Platte river. The morning sun is shining and I am a little light headed …
This past Friday, I stood holding a glass of Pliny the Elder talking to Pete aka Mr Money Mustache in the kitchen at his eponymous headquarters up in Longmont. It …
The sun sets the ocean on fire and dips away into darkness. In the last light a 600 pound critically endangered monk seal flosses it’s teeth on our bow line …
When I went in for the first day of chemo, I was ready to kick cancer’s ass! I immediately passed out during the first blood draw. As if to say …
What is the most beautiful place that you’ve ever seen in your life? It’s almost an impossible question. In my life so far, I have been to 40 of the 50 United …
As I slid into the MRI machine, it closed in around me. Radiohead came on in my headphones singing “What the hell am I doing here…I don’t belong here.” Talk …