“I Can Do It When I Try”. That sounds like a self help book’s trite advice on success. It is actually one of the choices I offered to my daughter a couple years ago when
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Category: Financial Independence
Join the Military to Retire Early?
Today’s guest post is brought to you by Doug Nordman, author of “The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement”. If you’re reading this blog then you’re thinking about financial independence and early retirement. You’re aware that two
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Developing A Retirement Budget
The path to retiring early is straightforward. Accumulate enough assets to fund all your expenses for the rest of your life. Figuring out what is “enough” and then saving that amount can be challenging. Today
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Rethinking Retirement
(The following is a guest post by Nick at Pretired.org – another site dedicated to the art of financial independence) Over at my site, Pretired.org, we talk a lot about “Pretirement” as a new
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$150,000 Income, $150 Income Tax
Taxes. It is our duty as patriotic Americans to keep our individual taxes as low as possible. I want to show you just how patriotic I am. Over the years our income has grown steadily.
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Government Shutdown: Why It Doesn’t Matter
The Government has shut down. Big scary news. How can life as we know it continue?! For the vast majority of Americans, life will go on as usual. Your TV still works (even Big Bird
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RootofGood Household Spending
The RootofGood household spends less than $2,000 per month on core living expenses! This number may seem amazingly low, and it is for a family of five. Before anyone thinks I’m starving my kids or
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A Simple Way to Retire 15 Years Earlier
I wanted to further explain how low expenses lead to early retirement by taking a look at a case study. Be a Super Saver Let’s explore the lives of two fraternal twins, tragically torn apart
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Low Expenses Lead To Early Retirement While Still Young
Saving and investing large amounts of money every year is a great way to get wealthy. Every year your new investments add to your portfolio value, and the investments grow on their own over time.
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One Month Into My Early Retirement Adventure!
Yesterday marked the one month anniversary of my early retirement. Where did the time go? Why didn’t I accomplish more? It seems like just yesterday I was working, yet it also seems like an eternity
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