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When I first stumbled onto the FIRE movement, I was lucky enough to discover MMM first, allowing me to really understand what the movement was about, and how to accomplish FIRE. When I discovered the FIRE movement, I couldn’t read enough of the blogs,… Continue Reading “Beware the Fraudulent Blogger, the greatest threat to the FIRE community”
On 11/22/2020 at 2:39 AM, we welcomed my third child and second son into the world in Ketchikan, Alaska. Little Wally came about 1 week early, after shopping for Christmas presents for our other two children. Thankfully everything went well, and we were able… Continue Reading “11/22/2020: The birth of my son, and a case study in why it no longer makes sense to wor”
How FIRE can be a cure for the mental health crisis in the United States The first step on the FIRE pathway, is to admit you have a problem. When I realized that I had a problem, and that problem amounted to over a… Continue Reading “Debt and Depression:”
Why we withdrew funds from our 401ks to pay down our mortgage Most financial advisors consider it voodoo to even contemplate early withdrawal of your funds from retirement for any reason, but these same individuals most likely wouldn’t have a clue what the FIRE… Continue Reading “Hacking your 401k”
Many, actually most FIRE bloggers I have followed preach the Bible of Side Gigs. In fact, I cannot think of a FIRE blog that doesn’t at least recommend side gigs, with most pushing the idea, but following my FIRE pathway, side gigs are just… Continue Reading “Side Gigs: Why I don’t have one, and the only one I recommend”
How an emergency fund causes you to play the Russian Roulette Mortgage game an additional 5 years, while costing you nearly three times your emergency fund savings. First, your debt is an emergency. If you have any debt at all, especially mortgage debt, it… Continue Reading “How much does your emergency fund cost you?”
Why I chose the FIRE life, why you need money early in life not in retirement, and how to change this trend. My daughter was born on August 15, 2017 in Ketchikan Alaska and changed my life forever. Never had I had so much… Continue Reading “I didn’t choose the FIRE life, the FIRE life chose me!”
One of the few concepts of the FIRE community that I disagree with is the idea that as long as your investments return enough to cover your expenses, you have achieved FIRE. This is commonly referred to as the 4% “rule,” or in sometimes… Continue Reading “Absolute Zero: Why I strive for a personal worth $0.00 and why you should too”
The Death of Personal Responsibility and Accountability When I was five years old, I started working on our family farm opening gates and locking/unlocking the hubs on the truck to engage the 4×4 system. From an incredibly young age, I was taught that hard… Continue Reading “Ethical considerations of my FIRE Pathway:”
Although it may come as a surprise to you as I am very conservative, I support responsibly implemented universal healthcare in the United States, and truly believe it is our only option to keep our system from collapsing under its own weight. The fact… Continue Reading “The Healthcare Crisis: Why responsibly managed Universal Healthcare is the only solution”
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