I made it at the last minute! This update is almost a month late. Not because I’ve been lazy. And it’s not even because I had to take a pause for a few weeks before relaunching the site. We’ve …
Unexpected Benefits of Downsizing Your Home To Save Money
If you’re a goal oriented person, you typically have a clear reason for starting a major project. We certainly did when we decided to sell our large home for financial reasons. Sometimes, though, …
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What If Your Job DOES Matter? Why We’ve Embraced FIOR.
FIRE (financial independence retire early) seems to be the center of the personal finance universe these days. So many people are frustrated with their jobs, feeling trapped, unappreciated, and/or …
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Our Seven Figure Journey (Effort, Luck, Privilege)
Our net worth is now over seven figures! I am a millionaire. It’s still a bit stunning for me, a poor kid raised by a single mom, to type that. I don’t generally talk about my net worth in specific …
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Downsizing: How to Find the Right Smaller Home
After a long and difficult debate, we recently decided to downsize our home. Even as we went through a process to sell our house fast we constantly second-guessed ourselves. Only finding the right …
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Graduation, Gifts, and Trajectory Change
It’s graduation season, a busy, chaotic, and joyful time every year. Professionally, it means I’ll attend somewhere between 5 and 8 ceremonies. I speak or hand out diplomas at a few. This year, one …
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