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My Money Story – Part III – Working While Growing Up

My Money Story · August 30, 2020

I always find it interesting to hear what people’s first jobs were.  They are usually rarely glamorous but quite entertaining, commonly …

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Keeping Up With The FIers

Reflections on FI · August 26, 2020

See what I did there with the title?  Fucking epic, right?  Who would have ever thought of something so crafty and …

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Trusting Your Gut

Thoughts · August 23, 2020

I’m the kind of guy that likes to give people the benefit of the doubt.  I’m going into most situations with a positive …

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Maybe The Retirement Police Are Right?

Reflections on FI · August 19, 2020

It took me a little while to come to this conclusion, well, more than a little while, but I’ve finally made up my mind.  No matter how …

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Flying Is A Microcosm Of What’s Wrong In Our Country

Thoughts · August 16, 2020

I’ve lost my barometer for measuring how much goodness there is in the world.  I like to keep things simple.  And there’s …

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Have We Failed At Financially Educating A Nation?

Reflections on FI · August 12, 2020

Maybe a little controversy here today, eh?  Tackling an unfriendly topic for many.  Stir the pot just a smidge, let loose on wild …

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Losing Perspective In A HCOL Area

Thoughts · August 9, 2020

The pink string of clouds tumbled across the horizon like bales of cotton candy.  Dusk was setting in and the lake was transforming …

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The Term “Side Hustle” Is FI Marketing Gold

Reflections on FI · August 5, 2020

I was thinking about this the other day, because you get so many FI blogs that trumpet side hustles as a necessary means to FI.  And …

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We Have Met The Enemy, And They Are Us

Thoughts · August 2, 2020

We have met the enemy, and they are us...  Sometimes I sit and wonder, why something as simple as a conversation has become …

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Ruminations On A FI Milestone – First Backdoor Roth IRA

June 21, 2020 By Q-FI 2 Comments

Ah… the FI milestones.  The sacred and unassailable truths that make the FI community what it is.  Look underneath the hood of that unstoppable, dogmatic FI machine and you’ll see the elaborate clockwork of the financial independence rhetoric ticking away like the birth of time itself.  I’m even guilty of it.  Before I found my […]

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