April 2018

Um, I Was Told to Stop Talking to My Kid About Money…

36 Comments / Kids, Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), General Thoughts / /

Everyone has opinions on how kids should be raised.  And there really are no perfect answers.  However, I never thought there’d be a day when my own parents would tell me to stop talking to my kid about money. But that’s exactly what happened. If you’re not familiar with my daughter, she’s a stellar writer on the Route to Retire blog.  Her post Like Father, Like Daughter… got some pretty good attention – including making it onto Rockstar Finance. She’s seven and […]

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Why Spider-Man's Path is Like the Journey to FIRE

Why Spider-Man’s Path is Like the Journey to FIRE

8 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE) / /

Thought we’d try something a little different in this post for those of you interested in the journey to FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early). It’s time for a little analogy on how a hero’s journey is similar to the path to FIRE! You might notice that in a good number of the hero stories and movies out there a pattern seems to take place.  Well, that’s because there’s actually a twelve-step plan they like to follow. Don’t believe me? 

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Adjusting My Asset Allocation... Tastes Great, Less Filling

Adjusting My Asset Allocation… Tastes Great, Less Filling

16 Comments / Investments, Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE) / /

This might be sacrilegious to say in a personal finance blog, but I’ve never really paid that much attention to my asset allocation. Yeah, yeah, quit your mumblings about what a terrible personal finance blogger I am. What it really comes down to is that I just kept saving and investing.  It was as if I just kept shoveling dirt into a pile and never looked up. Then one day I looked at the pile and went, “Huh?  Oh, hey,

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Guest Appearance on the Retire Hoppy Podcast

Leave a Comment / Podcasts and Other Appearances, Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE) / /

A podcast with a beer theme?!  That’s music to my ears and exactly what the guys at Retire Hoppy are aiming for! If you’re not familiar with the Retire Hoppy site, that’s because it’s a little newer.  It’s run by Ted Carr and Roy Weinberg and is a spinoff of the Retirement Journeys blog and podcast. This was a really fun podcast to be on.  You can’t get anymore laid back than these guys. Ted and Roy are both retired

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Are Your Posts Worthy of Rockstar Finance?

Are Your Posts Worthy of Rockstar Finance?

26 Comments / Blogging, Motivation / /

Recently, I was given the opportunity to serve as the guest curator for Rockstar Finance. What’s Rockstar Finance you may ask? Only one of the coolest sites in the personal finance space. Rockstar Finance was started in 2013 by J. Money from Budgets are Sexy and then bought by John from ESI Money in 2017. Every weekday, the site features three of the best posts from the personal finance blogging realm.  An email is also sent out with the featured posts

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How FIOR Can Save You From the FIRE

16 Comments / Financial Independence / Retire Early (FIRE), Motivation / /

In 2017, Lisa at Mad Money Monster coined the term FIOR in her blog post, F.I.O.R. – Financial Independence Optional Retirement.  And you know what… she nailed it. The premise of her post was that a lot of folks become excited about what the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) community stands for and they head down a similar path. However, not everyone needs to jump ship and retire early. Lisa and her husband, for example, are on the road to financial

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