What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

I’ve learned so much about life and money in the last couple years. When I look back to mid-November, 2014, I was entirely unaware of the world of personal finance blogs.

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I would read more books, put my investments under the microscope, and start making projections for the future. And a glorious future it would be.

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What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

I didn’t know that the aforementioned and other great sites existed, and that they would prove to be so insightful and invaluable.

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I didn’t know how much money I spent in a normal year. Given the winding career path I had been on, I didn’t know what a “normal year” might even look like.

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I didn’t know I would want to retire quite so early. It wasn’t until I started studying for a bogus MOC exam that I started to wonder.

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It’s difficult to Mapquest directions to your destination if you don’t know your starting point. I like Personal Capital for this.

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I track my spending via Mint.com and I don’t give a rip if you sign up or not, because there’s nothing in it for me.

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Use your knowledge of your current annual spending to estimate your spending needs in retirement.

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Transparency is one of the buzzwords of the 2010s and it’s imperative that you know what your total investment fees actually are.

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What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

I’ve learned so much about life and money in the last couple years. When I look back to mid-November, 2014, I was entirely unaware of the world of personal finance blogs.

I would read more books, put my investments under the microscope, and start making projections for the future. And a glorious future it would be.

What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

I didn’t know that the aforementioned and other great sites existed, and that they would prove to be so insightful and invaluable.

I didn’t know how much money I spent in a normal year. Given the winding career path I had been on, I didn’t know what a “normal year” might even look like.

I didn’t know I would want to retire quite so early. It wasn’t until I started studying for a bogus MOC exam that I started to wonder.

It’s difficult to Mapquest directions to your destination if you don’t know your starting point. I like Personal Capital for this.

Net Worth

I track my spending via Mint.com and I don’t give a rip if you sign up or not, because there’s nothing in it for me.

Annual Spending

Use your knowledge of your current annual spending to estimate your spending needs in retirement.

FI Number

Transparency is one of the buzzwords of the 2010s and it’s imperative that you know what your total investment fees actually are.

Investment Fees

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