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. I’m happy to report that I’ve met and surpassed every goal! The biggest takeaway from […]
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 […]
Living toward FI
I’m trying to figure out what to say and how to say it which has caused me to avoid adding new content to the website. I’m making progress toward Financial Independence and everything is chugging along on that front. Many in the FIRE space comment on the marathon slog toward your FI-date once you have […]
Rich vs Wealthy
We tend to equate being rich with being wealthy & vice versa, but this is seldom true.