Thoughts On Slow Travel

We are in the Hawaiian islands. Our first stop was the Big Island where we stayed with our good friends Laura and Randy. We first met Laura and Randy at FinCon in 2014. We got along great from the start, having some ridiculously ridiculous conversation...

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What If You Run Out Of Life?

Mindy and I recently recorded with Ramit Sethi. Talking to Ramit was hard. He isn’t afraid to ask difficult questions. It was a therapy session and after it was done (3+ hours!), I felt like I had been run over by a steam roller. However, just be...

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Berkshire Hathaway 2023

Mindy and I just got back from attending the Berkshire Hathaway (BH) meeting with a couple of friends. BH is the conglomerate famously run by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. The meeting consists of a 30 minute movie followed by a question and answer...

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March Performance And The Bidet Face Spray

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over,...

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I Bought A Chevy Bolt!: The Good, The Bad, And The Laggy

I drove an electric vehicle (EV) for the first time way back in 2015. It was a Tesla Model S, P85D: Vomit inducing acceleration! It was an epiphany. The Tesla was smooth, quiet, and crazy fast. After driving it very aggressively on an autocross course,...

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Tuesday Rant: Two Numbers

So I used to write a Rant series on this blog where I’d talk about things that annoy me. Example. In an effort to be more positive, I cut it out. However, sometimes I just can’t help myself. I came across two ridiculous numbers recently&#82...

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Longmont Changes Name To Stashmont

Big news today in the FIRE community! The epicenter of the FIRE movement, Longmont, is changing its name. And it relates to the FI movement. With permission from local newspaper The Longmontian, I’m republishing an article from today’s edit...

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Retirement Soon (and February Money Update)

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over,...

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Digging, Mudding, Building, Cincinnati, NYC

I’ll bet you’ve never seen a title like that on a blog before. Allow me to explain. I’ve been pretty busy lately. The Project House is almost ready to become a furnished rental: I’m still working on leveling out the back yard. W...

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Meme Stock Shock (Money Update)

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over,...

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Ask The Readers: What If You Couldn’t Make Money?

I was talking to my friend Jen recently when she asked a fantastic question. It was posed to her about a year ago. Here is how it went down: Jen had just retired and was on a trip down to Oaxaca to celebrate. On the plane, she sat next to her friend Se...

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Can I Win The Warren Buffett Bet? (Year 5 Update)

In December of 2017, Dividend Growth Investor (DGI) asked me if I’d like to duplicate the famous Warren Buffett bet. For those unfamiliar, in 2008 Buffett famously challenged the hedge fund industry: Can you beat the S&P 500 over a 10 yea...

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Happiness With Mr. Money Mustache On Mile High FI

I like to think that life usually works out for the best. Even when there are incredibly tough times, we often end up in a better place than we would have otherwise. This is about one of my tough times. Inflection Points Back in October of 2012, I had ...

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10 Years of 1500 Days

I published my first post on 1/1/2013. Here it is: https://www.1500days.com/start-here/ 10 years later, here we are. Crazy. Time flies by. So cliche, but so true. 10 years is most likely more than 10% of my life. And the past 10 years are certainly som...

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Performance Update: November

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over,...

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VTSAX Won’t Go To Zero

If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I talk about Tesla frequently. I got lucky purchasing the stock on a whim in 2012 for $1.93 (split-adjusted). Tesla had a tremendous run up, but the stock hasn’t been doing so h...

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Is Now A Great Time To Retire?

It’s a strange time. War. Inflation. Recession. This is reflected in the stock market: However, I also think this is probably a great time to retire. Hear me out. Everything Is Cyclical Before I liberated myself from formal work back in 2017, I f...

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Thankful To Be Thankful

Oh crap, not another crappy-happy-sappy Thanksgiving post. Stay with me friends; this won’t be too mushy. It’s been over 5 years since I quit my job and I still haven’t quite adjusted to FI life yet. I was considering this the other d...

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Live Boldly

This post was inspired by this over at FI for the People. Thank you Bitches Get Riches for bringing it to my attention. Perhaps my most popular post is the one where I wrote about my death march to financial independence. It describes how I went a litt...

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Performance Crapdate: August! September!! October!!! Oh My!!!!

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over,...

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