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Finally, it’s time to reveal the real reason I moved across the country and left my job. It’s a big day, and I’m exci...

Written by Adam on April 1, 2019. 2 comments.

How much should you challenge yourself – and does the answer to that question change after retirement? Here’s a look ...

Written by Adam on March 25, 2019. 1 comment.

The first few months of early retirement have been amazing – but not exactly what I expected. In this post I take a l...

Written by Adam on March 18, 2019. 7 comments.

Help maintain an identity after retirement by defining yourself by more than just your job. An identity bridge helps ...

Written by Adam on February 25, 2019. 7 comments.

If you’re thinking about retiring early, Work Optional is a great roadmap for questions you should ask yourself prior...

Written by Adam on February 12, 2019. 2 comments.

I’ve been using Mint Mobile for a year now – in multiple locations in the US and traveling abroad to more than a doze...

Written by Adam on February 11, 2019. 5 comments.

This book covers the math, mindset and career-hacking needed to reach financial freedom as quickly as possible. It ma...

Written by Adam on February 4, 2019. 1 comment.

On December 14, 2018 I left my job to retire. Now that I’ve been out of work for a month, let’s look back and see wha...

Written by Adam on January 28, 2019. 17 comments.

2018 was a crazy financial year for us. After moving across the country in 2018, this was the quarter we finally got ...

Written by Adam on January 21, 2019. 2 comments.

The idea of “luck” when it comes to financials is a complicated topic. I do believe it has a role, but it’s important...

Written by Adam on January 14, 2019. 2 comments.

The tax brackets for 2019 have changed since 2018. Because of that, you’ll likely end up paying slightly less in tax....

Written by Adam on December 17, 2018. 6 comments.

Try this exercise to help you decide what you should put your focus on. I’ve used this activity a bunch before – both...

Written by Adam on December 10, 2018. 9 comments.

The “Call to Adventure” to pursue FIRE matches the first step on the classic “hero’s journey”. The following steps ma...

Written by Adam on November 26, 2018. 4 comments.

Tax loss harvesting is a strategy for reducing taxes today by selling funds at a loss. While this seems counterintuit...

Written by Adam on November 19, 2018. 6 comments.

Training yourself to make good financial decisions happens one thought at a time. I consider this as “building the de...

Written by Adam on November 14, 2018. 2 comments.

The Rule of 72 is a formula for estimating how many years it will take for an investment to double in value with a gi...

Written by Adam on November 12, 2018. 1 comment.

How do you know if you’re spending too much time thinking about money? A certain amount of financial literacy is impo...

Written by Adam on November 7, 2018. 13 comments.

The hardest part of investing is learning how to get started. In this post, I go over exactly what I’d recommend to s...

Written by Adam on November 5, 2018. 7 comments.

When I was 26 I left my first job. It had a 401k that I had been contributing to since I started. Being the responsib...

Written by Adam on October 29, 2018. 9 comments.

The last decade has seen a spike in attention towards living simply. As our lives are more and more complicated with ...

Written by Adam on October 22, 2018. 8 comments.