What’s the worst financial decision you’ve made? The Financial Independence journey is a spectrum and everyone falls somewhere on that spectrum, even if they don’t know about financial independence, or aren’t actively pursuing it. With that in mind, there no choices or mistakes that can not be undone with time, focus, money, or some combination… Continue reading The Four Cardinal Sins of Finance
Taxes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
One of my worst traits is procrastination. Ever since high school, I have had a tendency to put important things off until the last-minute. I thought maybe I could grow out of it, but lo and behold, as an adult, I find myself doing the exact same thing. However, being an adult, some things that… Continue reading Taxes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Fitness vs Financial Independence
There are always, and will always, be similarities between getting physically healthy and getting financially healthy. To be effective long term, both require discipline, delayed gratification, and sometimes a long slow journey to the goal. However, while they can be very similar, at times they can also seem at complete odds of one another. If… Continue reading Fitness vs Financial Independence
How To Get Your Spouse On Board With FI: The Reluctant Spouse’s Perspective
I was reluctant to the idea of FIRE because I was fairly content in my ways of shopping, spending money, and having a nice car and expensive home.
From Janitor to Regional Manager: My 5 Year Career Path
College was never really my thing. Unfortunately, high school was incredibly easy for me and it did little to prepare me for higher education. My college experience could be summed up by a couple of years of taking bullshit classes. In less than two years, I had three different majors, and I still genuinely didn’t… Continue reading From Janitor to Regional Manager: My 5 Year Career Path
Using Mindfulness To Connect With Others
We recently had a meeting at work about connecting with others through mindfulness. I wanted to share some of my take-aways from this meeting because it really resonated with me. Every day we encounter people, and every day we have a choice with how we interact with them, and that choice affects both the people… Continue reading Using Mindfulness To Connect With Others
Should You Buy a New Car, a Used Car, or Keep Your Old Car
Intro Less than a month after Mrs. RRR and I got married, we got pressured to do one thing. Amazingly, it wasn’t having kids…..yet (our families have since cranked this pressure up to a mild 7), but it was to get a new car. For some reason, the second we got married, the ’97 Toyota… Continue reading Should You Buy a New Car, a Used Car, or Keep Your Old Car
