What if Financial Independence Goes Wrong?
We are now in month 2 of my cross-country road trip and month 5 of my voluntary unemployment. If I
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Mind Over Matter
Is Having a Career a Bad Investment?
I finally got around to reading the May NYT article on the FIRE movement. Its title is a clickbaity, pseudo-shaming
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FIRE Done Right is About Resources, Not Money
Yes, I am aware that the “F” in FIRE stands for “financial”. I also understand practically every FIRE-focused blog discusses
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Stop Using Finance As Your Coping Mechanism
I have a question for people who write about finance, people who read about finance, and people who otherwise choose
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Dreaming Is a Luxury Few Can Afford
I’m currently reading an anthology Iraq + 100. It’s a collection of sci-fi tales from Iraqi writers, each story on
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Self Advocacy in Finance: Take Care of Yourself AND Your Money
Let me get a story of annoyance out of the way first. I had some free time this week so
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The Perfect and Sexy Power of Some
I was thinking about “the power of some” over the last week or two. I’ve got a lot on my
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When You’re Not Ready to Chase Financial Independence
Too overwhelmed with other duties to think about FIRE? Feeling burnout? Worried sick over failing? Guess what, you’re not alone!
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Okay, But Are You Resting?
This was originally part of my post about burnout and going overboard with your journey to FIRE. There is so
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Going Overboard (and Getting Burnout) in the Name of Financial Independence
If you spend enough time on the Bogleheads forums, the Mr. Money Mustache forums, or at Reddit’s Financial Independence (FI)
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