Category: personal

FinCon 2018 was held September 26-29 in Orlando, Florida – and was a lot of fun! This post details why should and sho...

Written by Adam on October 1, 2018. 26 comments.

We bought a new car for $6,000! Well, that was the price after trading in our existing cars. Here’s a look at how we ...

Written by Adam on September 17, 2018. 11 comments.

It takes a while to understand where someone is coming from – usually years of reading someone’s blog. In this post I...

Written by Adam on September 10, 2018. 17 comments.

I’m always interested to hear how other people are minimizing their tax liability after retirement. Here is my person...

Written by Adam on September 3, 2018. 22 comments.

In my 20s I job-hopped quite a bit – always seeking out more interesting projects, more engaged teams, and higher pay...

Written by Adam on August 27, 2018.

A recent trip to Laos changed my view of consumption and what I need to be happy. With only a few interactions – with...

Written by Adam on August 20, 2018. 4 comments.

Dividends may seem like a free money, but if you’re not prepared for it you’ll be caught with an unexpected tax-burde...

Written by Adam on August 13, 2018. 17 comments.

For the first time in our lives, we traveled with a guide and a schedule to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The cost of t...

Written by Adam on August 6, 2018. 36 comments.

Exposure to computers from an early age helped me feel comfortable and confident when creating with them later in life.

Written by Adam on July 30, 2018. 6 comments.

Every quarter I analyze my investments, share my net worth and assets with the world. This was a crazy quarter. My in...

Written by Adam on July 23, 2018. 12 comments.

What would you do if you could plan out every minute of every day? Would you schedule activities, leisure or work? I ...

Written by Adam on July 16, 2018. 4 comments.

Each quarter I lay out a bunch of goals I want to tackle. For this quarter, I’m aiming to get healthy, write a book a...

Written by Adam on July 9, 2018. 1 comment.

In Q2 I set very ambitious goals – explore Utah, be healthy, make money, draw more visitors to Minafi. In retrospect,...

Written by Adam on July 2, 2018. 3 comments.

Minafi.com was launched about a year ago, but like all stories, Minafi’s starts in the middle. Here is the background...

Written by Adam on June 21, 2018. 8 comments.

What if I told you that you could sell your used car for $150,000? We recently sold our second car, going to a one-ca...

Written by Adam on June 18, 2018. 9 comments.

If you want to achieve financial independence earlier in life, there’s a lot to know! Budgeting, investing, tax-strat...

Written by Adam on June 11, 2018. 4 comments.

If you received $1 million tomorrow, what would you do? How will taxes work? How much should you save from it? Will t...

Written by Adam on June 4, 2018. 10 comments.

What do you want your life to be? One way to understand that is to create a list of the 101 things that you want to s...

Written by Adam on May 28, 2018. 10 comments.

Every quarter I go over every expense I have and categorize it. This has led to a wealth of information on my own spe...

Written by Adam on May 22, 2018. 11 comments.

The 4% states you need your yearly spending times 25 to retirement. One question I get a bunch is around the idea of ...

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