Friends have started to realize that I’ve managed to make a little money in my life. As such, I keep getting asked about topics like passive income, investing, budgeting, and paying off debt. What I try to explain is that the way I see it, if you want to actually change your financial life, you… Continue reading The Big List of Financial Independence and Investing Resources
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What Would You do with $10 Million
I was watching a recent episode of My First Million featuring Nick Gray, who I’d honestly never heard of until this week. Nick is a quirky fellow who seems to throw out ideas like a machine gun, and once again being honest, I kind of like the guy. During the episode, he cited an article… Continue reading What Would You do with $10 Million
My New Exercise Routine
One of my goals for the past two years has been to work on the habits of having a healthier lifestyle. I don’t generally set specific health goals of “losing X pounds” or “lifting X weight.” I prefer to work on the habits of eating healthy, reducing alcohol consumption, and making sure I work out… Continue reading My New Exercise Routine
How Do You Make Two Million Dollars?
I was catching up with a longtime friend over the weekend. He and I have a tendency to spar a little when we’re talking. A little ribbing here, a little joke about the hairline (or lack thereof) there, maybe a nutshot about an ex-girlfriend if we’re going for the big laugh. When the subject of… Continue reading How Do You Make Two Million Dollars?
The Best Stock Trade I Ever Made
Twelve years ago I was absolutely obsessed with Tesla. The stock was pretty volatile, but trading in the $20 range for a while. So I took $5000 out of my wedding fund, bought the stock and watched as it took off like a rocket ship for years to come. Today that investment is worth $526,201.… Continue reading The Best Stock Trade I Ever Made
Confession: That Time I Tried to Buy an Audi A4
I have done a great many stupid financial things in my past, but few were as embarrassing as the time I tried to buy an Audi A4. File this on under “How much stupid can you do at once.” In 2004 at 24 years old I had gotten the misguided idea into my head that… Continue reading Confession: That Time I Tried to Buy an Audi A4
Another Millionaire Milestone
For the first time since celebrating being debt free, I was looking forward to hitting a big milestone. I have had February 12th written on my whiteboard to be ready to celebrate. And then yesterday I realized when I did my initial calculation of our accounts, I forgot my wife’s 403b. So I had the wrong date and… Continue reading Another Millionaire Milestone
2023 Year in Review
As usual, at the beginning of the year I laid out a series of major and minor goals. Now as the year comes to a close it’s time to look back to see how things shook out. I’ve done this every year since starting this blog and while sometimes I’ve hit all my goals, sometimes… Continue reading 2023 Year in Review
Cars Suck…Again
It seems like every year I have another complaint about my vehicle situation. Whether it’s my old truck and the maintenance, having to get a massive SUV, or the fact that I unapologetically lease a German luxury SUV and I friggin’ love it. Now I have to complain that the (dirty, evil, so not FIRE… Continue reading Cars Suck…Again
That Time “Die with Zero” Messed with My Head
It’s been a while since I posted anything, but thankfully I don’t think anyone was out there dying for my next post. The truth is I was caught up in the boring middle, and with the stock market in a slump I was pretending to not pay attention to money. An interesting confluence of events… Continue reading That Time “Die with Zero” Messed with My Head
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