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Drawdown Strategy Revisited After 3 Years of Retirement
We spend a lot of time on this site thinking about saving: putting a lot of money away, making sure … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 031: $1.1M With Two Pensions Pending
If they work until age 50, they’ll lock in lifelong pensions. That’s about 8 years away, and despite neither of … Read more
3 Years of Homeschooling & Worldschooling: What We’ve Learned & What’s Next!
Primary motivating factors behind my choice to retire early from medicine were my desires to both spend more time with … Read more
The Sunday Best (06/26/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Sir Isaac Newton’s Revenge on Wall Street
Performance chasing can be tempting. Those fund managers, stock pickers, and companies who seem to always outperform, always beat, and … Read more
A CPA Dissects and Critiques a FIRE Plan
It’s amazing what you can do with a little knowledge and a spreadsheet. And for many projects, that sort of … Read more
Why Work When You Can Afford to Retire?
If you can afford to retire, why are you still working? It’s a question I find myself pondering from time … Read more
The Sunday Best (06/19/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
7 Ways to Increase Your Savings Rate
As investors looking for financial success and even financial independence, there are really only two levers we can control. One … Read more
Historical Market Return and Current Expectations
Have you been looking at your portfolio’s performance lately? Has it met with what you were expecting? Do you understand … Read more
Social Security & Early Retirement 2025: Know Your Bend Points!
Each year, I update this Social Security article, gauging my progress and potential future benefit. Now that the 2025 numbers … Read more
The Sunday Best (06/12/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Yes, You Can Beat the Stock Market
I think, if we’re honest with ourselves, most of us think we’re smarter at many things than we are in … Read more
The Boring Early Retirement Truth: It’s What You Make It
Most of us spending decades dreaming of retirement, making bucket lists of adventures, toys, and recreation as far as the … Read more
Post FI Notes 017: Couple in Mid-Sixties Seeking Nirvana
All Indian religions assert nirvana to be a state of perfect quietude, freedom, highest happiness as well as the liberation … Read more
Family FIRE Travels: Rome, If You Want To
As I put together the itinerary for our much-anticipated month near the Mediterranean, I felt that I might be saving … Read more
The Sunday Best (06/05/2022)
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
5 Reasons You Should Not Self-Manage Rental Properties
It has been said often around here that real estate can be an excellent way to diversify investments, create additional … Read more
I Took a 90% Pay Cut and I Couldn’t Be Happier
Most of us are, at least for a while during our professional lives, on the income improvement treadmill. We’re looking … Read more
FIRE Starter 013: Just Starting Out in Residency
Everyone has to start somewhere. That old adage still rings true: the best time to plant a tree was 20 … Read more