Reach Financial Independence Early Through Investing, Minimalism & Mindfulness.
Read the FIRE Guide to find out how.The Road to FIRE
Here are your first three steps to financial independence.
Financial
Independence
Find out when you could be financially independent. If you save half your income for 17 years, you'll be there.
Invest
Investing is easier than you might think. By learning a few core concepts, you’ll know enough to invest for the rest of your life.
Minimalism &
Mindfulness
Focus on what's important to you. Learn to live with what you need, no more no less in all parts of life.
Minafi, verb, min-a-fy, made-up word.
- A combination of minimalism and financial independence (FI).
- A growth mindset for living a life focused on what brings you value.
- A blog of my journey through investing, minimalism, FIRE and mindfulness.
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FIRE in the News
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The New York Times - How Millennials Could Make the Fed’s Job Harder
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February 17, 2020.
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December 23, 2019.
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MarketWatch - This FIRE couple wants to help ‘create more black millionaires’
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December 4, 2019.
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Adam.
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Hey hey! I'm Adam!
I'm 37 and live in Salt Lake City, UT. I have way too many goals, overshare my net worth and love to program.
I've spent the last decade teaching programmers how to program.
Now I help millennials invest to reach financial independence sooner than they ever thought possible.
Want to see what you could do to reach FI sooner? You’re in the right place!
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The FIRE Matrix is a way of mapping your progress to Financial Independence taking into account your savings rate and...
Written by Adam on February 17, 2020. 4 comments.
My theme for this month is to concentrate on finishing things. Taking projects to completion or making the decision t...
Written by Adam on February 1, 2020. 4 comments.
In 2019 I read a total of 130 – most of them listened to while running, hiking and walking my dog. Here’s a look at s...
Written by Adam on January 20, 2020. 8 comments.
My monthly theme for this month is to focus. This includes doing one thing at a time, avoiding time-wasting activitie...
Written by Adam on January 1, 2020. 4 comments.
This was an amazing year! In my first year since leaving my job, I focused on working on creative projects, exploring...
Written by Adam on December 31, 2019. 11 comments.
A look at what’s worked, what hasn’t and what I’d do differently from my first year retired.
Written by Adam on December 14, 2019. 26 comments.
With the rise of free trades on more and more online brokerages comes a new batch of investors learning the ropes. Th...
Written by Adam on October 29, 2019. 4 comments.
For the last three months, my main focuses have been getting outside to enjoy Utah, running a half-marathon, taking a...
Written by Adam on October 21, 2019. 8 comments.
Methods that focus on clearing out your possessions as fast as possible are efficient, but emotionally taxing. I take...
Written by Adam on October 7, 2019. 12 comments.
I reserve 5% of my portfolio for speculative investing. This small slice has made for the biggest ride and the wildes...
Written by Adam on September 30, 2019. 13 comments.
I didn’t learn about the FIRE movement until I was 30 years old. If I had learned about it sooner, I might have made ...
Written by Adam on September 23, 2019. 8 comments.
In September of 2019, I spoke at FinCon 2019 in Washington, D.C. I met up with a bunch of people, had fun talking abo...
Written by Adam on September 7, 2019. 45 comments.