August 2017 - Route to Retire

The 10 Best Financial Podcasts

24 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Investments, Motivation, Saving / Jim @ Route To Retire / August 29, 2017

The 10 Best Financial Podcasts??? Aren’t podcasts for nerds? Who in the heck would listen to people droning on and on for an hour talk show?! A couple years ago, that’s what I was thinking. Then about a year ago, I canceled my Sirius XM radio subscription and learned something… local radio sucks. Maybe that’s not the case for all areas, but where I live in Ohio, it’s horrendous. So I was stuck. Fine, I decided, I’ll give these “podcasts” […]

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Business Opportunities are Everywhere!

6 Comments / Self-Employment, Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Motivation, Real Estate / Jim @ Route To Retire / August 22, 2017

When I was younger, I used to think that a lot of the business opportunities out there weren’t for me. Maybe they weren’t worth the effort or they would take too much money to start. As I’ve gotten older (and a little smarter), I’ve realized that’s not the case. It’s simply a matter of just opening your eyes and then plucking out those opportunities. A number of years ago, I started playing FreeCell on my phone when I get a

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If Tomorrow Never Comes…

23 Comments / Life in Early Retirement, Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), General Thoughts, Geoarbitrage, Motivation / Jim @ Route To Retire / August 15, 2017

I’ve been thinking a lot about tomorrow lately and any regrets I would have if that day never arrived. There was a touchy-feely show on back in the 80’s called Highway to Heaven. I was only a kid back then, but I used to watch it all the time and I loved it. I’ll wait while you laugh at me. Yeah, well, it gets worse. I was pretty excited to see that it showed up on Netflix at some point

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My Wife Trusts Me Too Much – Finances and Marriage

10 Comments / General Thoughts, Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE) / Jim @ Route To Retire / August 8, 2017

My wife trusts me… too much. Specifically, with regard to our finances, that is. When you mix finances and marriage, it’s important that you and your spouse flow together in perfect harmony. It seems that most of the time when I bring up a financial decision that needs to be made, I hear those special words: Whatever you think… Look, I feel good that she trusts my judgment, but it’s important that she understands and is a part of the

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I Just Spent $35 on a Sleeping Pad and Feel Guilty as Shit

15 Comments / Spending, Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), General Thoughts, Health and Fitness / Jim @ Route To Retire / August 1, 2017

Well, Amazon Prime Day happened. I told my wife to stay away from Amazon for the day and not to get sucked in. I warned her about it. Unfortunately, nobody warned me and somehow I ended up in the vortex and bought a $35 sleeping pad before the day was over. I debated it while it sat in my cart and the 15-minute countdown clock was ticking away. I even deleted it out of my cart and re-added it just

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