Camp-FI was such an amazing experience and I highly recommend it to anyone on the journey to financial independence. The thing I’ve found most challenging about the road to financial independence is how utterly lonely it can be. Very few people in my personal life understand what I’m working toward and those who aren’t immediately […]
Camp-FI Rocky Mountains
I’ve decided to attend my first Camp-FI and I am excited to talk with other likeminded individuals following a similar path. If you aren’t familiar with Camp-FI you can check it out on their website, they offer annual gatherings in many locations around the US each year. I’ll be attending the second week of the […]
Working Through Insanity
I’ve mentioned a few times on this website that I am one of those lucky people who actually enjoys his work and company. I’m going to start off by restating that I still enjoy my work and company, but things have gotten INSANE recently. I knew work was on the verge of getting crazy as […]
2021 Recap
Hey friends, My goal for 2022 is to write an update at least once a month. When I created this website I thought I would write every couple weeks, but now that all my automated systems are established I’m finding it is more about keeping myself entertained and engaged in regular life. The investment and […]
Prudence & Practicality
I’ve been thinking a lot the last couple months about what comes after FI. Since graduating high school I’ve always followed what I believed to be the prudent & practical path. I joined the Navy because I didn’t have money for college. I specifically chose a job in the Navy that I knew would result […]
Goodbye Dear Friend
Last week I said goodbye to a very dear friend. In 2018 I became friends with an older gay couple in their late 60’s. I’ve always loved hearing the stories of elders in my life. In my teens my grandmother lived with us and was bedridden. She loved to tell stories about her life with […]
Year 1 DONE!
I cannot believe it has been one year since I originally built my spreadsheets, documented my formal plan, and launched this website. When I put my spreadsheets together in early/mid-2020 I documented the monthly goals from June 2020 through 2023. The live tracker on The Numbers page updates with actuals each month as the market […]
Post-FI Passion
While trying to finish the prior blog post my wordpress theme decided to cause issues. I randomly grabbed the most recent standard wordpress theme so I could get the site back up and live, but I hate the way it currently looks. I was getting the wordpress white screen of death, which is an actual […]
Defining FIRE
I haven’t invested a lot of attention defining which type of FIRE I’m focused on. I’ve never been much for labels and classifications since I feel like most aspects of my life have not fallen cleanly into any particular category. I was listening to the Bigger Pockets Money podcast recently and the guest mentioned how […]
Weekly Wonderings #1
This week was about broken toes and thoughtful conversations with close friends in the woods. About every few months I have a boys weekend where a small group of friends get together at a cabin on a lake. The cabin is in an area without internet or cell signals, so we usually grill food, play […]