Humorous Consumerism Today
I come across hilarious consumer behavior every day. Once in a while I like to drop a quick post showing off some of this ridiculousness. Like […]
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The SNAP Challenge Was A Lot Easier Than Gwyneth Paltrow Said It Would Be
Before “What Taylor Swift Ate For Breakfast” dominated the headlines in the crawlspaces of American “journalism”, the SNAP Challenge was all the rage. For those unfamiliar, the […]
Gift Cards: Your Secret to Early Retirement
There’s a wealth of ideas in the early retirement blogging community to accelerate the onset of financial independence. Usually, each blogger has a set of core […]
5 Products that Define Consumerism
Who’s Buying This Stuff? The Garden Yeti ($100-$2,250): Nothing says “Steal Me” or “Decrease the Marketability of my House” better than a Garden Yeti. This […]
How Are Those Jeans Affecting Your Retirement Date?
Every so often a product, service, or idea comes along that seems tailor-made for the financial independence community. These are things that get each of […]
Empty Decks and Misguided Frugality
I started my new job this week, but between gigs, I was unemployed for about two weeks. It was truly a glorious time. I got […]
Our Baby Has Made Us Money
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently estimated that the cost of raising a child from birth to age 18 now sits at $245,000. The estimates […]
Farewell New York, New York
I’ve done it. New York City was a chapter in our family’s life that will never be forgotten. But, it will soon be in the […]
Passive vs. Active Expense Optimization
The idea of passive income gets a lot of play in the financial independence blogosphere–and for good reason. The notion of “passive” income is compelling: […]
The Four Horsemen of the Financial Apocalypse
I wasn’t always this way. If you’ve dared venture over to my initial financial report or seen the “Current Situation” blurb in my goals roadmap, […]