Category: Personal

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.

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. 12 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. 7 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. 46 comments.

For June, I saw my investments shoot up another $68,000, hiked a few more difficult trails around Utah, ran a half ma...

Written by Adam on July 8, 2019. 11 comments.

If you were to split up your financial life into phases, what would they be? Here are the four phases that have made ...

Written by Adam on June 24, 2019. 5 comments.

I left my job 6 months ago. Since then I’ve been exploring Utah and attempting to balance ambition with physical and ...

Written by Adam on June 17, 2019. 9 comments.

May was a fantastic month with a focus on spending time outdoors, camping and hiking.

Written by Adam on June 3, 2019. 2 comments.

My mom passed away when I was 23, yet through an odd series of events she gave me birthday present 9 months after her...

Written by Adam on May 20, 2019. 4 comments.

After 6 months of creating my own schedule, I look back at how it compares with my expected year laid out a year ago.

Written by Adam on May 13, 2019. 8 comments.

I spent the first full month of spring running outside, hiking, revamping Minafi and developing a morning schedule.

Written by Adam on May 6, 2019. 6 comments.

Cal Newport’s latest book, Digital Minimalism, focuses on how to live a healthy life and coexist with modern day dist...

Written by Adam on April 22, 2019. 8 comments.

For March, we spent a long weekend in Las Vegas, started a marathon training program, spent a little over $7k and saw...

Written by Adam on April 8, 2019. 7 comments.

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. 1 comment.

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.

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. 6 comments.

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. 16 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. 1 comment.

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. 1 comment.

I read 100 books in 2018. Here’s a look at my overall favorites that you should check out along with a few tips on ho...

Written by Adam on January 7, 2019. 8 comments.