Be Happy. Be Free.
“I’d love to invest in real estate, but most of my net worth is tied up in home equity and my 401k, which I can’t touch until I’m 59.5.”
Does this describe you? Well don’t give up your investment dreams in favor of couch time and cable news just yet!
According to Mr. Money Mustache, bikes “will probably turn out to be the best thing ever invented for humankind.”
Running. Some people hate even the sound of it. Others are addicted and can’t get enough.
Those who don’t enjoy running may wonder what it is about running that so many people are so obsessed with…
As I mentioned in The Pursuit of Happiness, one of my key insights when I took a step back to analyze my life was: I enjoy my work when I feel like I am succeeding at it, and I become stressed and unhappy when I feel like I am not.
Even once you figure out all the math and how-tos of the FIRE movement, reaching financial independence will still probably take years. Stressed and unhappy is no way to spend these years. It was time to try to step up my game at work!
Continue reading “Get Things Done”
After reading my post on waking up early to create space in your life, Mrs. DS noted that getting up early is NOT the only way to accomplish this. In life there is almost always more than 1 way to accomplish a goal. I asked her to write about how she makes space for the projects that are important to her, and she did! Below is another take on how to create space in a busy life.
Continue reading “Guest Post – I’m NOT A Morning Person – And I Create Space”
If you read last week’s article, and if you actually did the homework, you may now be thinking:
“Okay I dragged myself out of bed . . . now what?”
Continue reading “Creating Space – SAVERS”
If you are are as stressed and overwhelmed as I was a couple years ago, you probably feel like you don’t have time to learn about financial independence, the study of happiness, or anything else. Consistently spending 55 hours per week in the office will not only make you bitter about the time you are missing with your children, but it will also make it seem like you don’t have time available to figure out how to change things.
If this is the case, the first thing you need to do is create some space.
Continue reading “Creating Space – Wake Up!”
Now it’s time for my favorite form of investing . . . real estate! It’s my favorite because I am a nerd and I love learning, and there is so much to learn in real estate!
In the last post we learned the basics of how to save a pile of cash. In this post, we’ll talk about what to do with that money.
In Lighting a FIRE I talked about what FI and RE mean, as well as some of the reasons I want to get there. But how do we get there? How do we earn our freedom?
