I meant to write more about my road trip, but FI Life got in the way. Our trip has been a series of adventures; hikes in state parks, walks around urban areas, live music, beaches, one very cool Taco Bell, and meetups with old friends. No time to write! But here I am. We’re in […] The post Road Trip: California Coast appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom.| 1500 Days to Freedom
For the next couple of weeks, I’ll be documenting my road trip to drop my kid off at school. Today we left Craig Colorado and headed to Salt Lake City (SLC). Utah is our first new state: In Salt Lake City, we saw a whale breaching from the center of a roundabout, the state capitol, […] The post Road Trip Part 2: Craig To Salt Lake City appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom.| 1500 Days to Freedom
For the next 10 days, I’ll be writing about my road trip to drop my daugther off at college in California. It’s going to be 3,000 miles. I’m taking a northern route to get there to avoid the heat for the first part of the trip: Old Me would maximize driving, putting in 800-1,000 miles […] The post Road Trip Day 1: Longmont To Craig appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom.| 1500 Days to Freedom
In this post, I present you with two thought exercises. The first helps me get off the hedonic treadmill that I seem to be addicted to. The second helps me live bigger which I also struggle with. Exercise 1: Stepping Off The Hedonic Treadmill Hedonic treadmill: The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
I once heard Morgan Housel say something like this: Something will eventually come along to displace index investing. The context of the comment was a discussion of Benjamin’s Graham’s famous book, The Intelligent Investor. Morgan mentioned that the book changed frequently because investing changed. What works now will not work forever. Will Private Equity Disrupt […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
You can have all of the money in the world, but it means nothing if you don’t have your health. Warren Buffett drove this point home at the first Berkshire Hathaway meeting I attended over 10 years ago. A young audience member asked a question about book recommendations. Buffett rambled on and changed the topic, […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a local friend who is a building inspector. We had an interesting conversation: In my head: AHHHHHH RECESSION!!!!!! And then this came across my feed: And then I read that the Air Force and Space Force met their recruiting goals months early. Some think this is […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
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, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
Money Versus Time: Change Is Hard The FI crowd has a hard time giving up old habits. Optimizing for hardcore saving and investing will get you to the Promised Land of FI. But it will hold you back once you’ve arrived. Two examples: 1. Tool Time I have infinite tools from all of my remodeling […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
Carl note: I offhandedly mentioned in a recent post that I had invested in SpaceX. I’m a super nerd and SpaceX sings to my engineer mind. Catching the largest flying thing ever made from a trip to space within a couple centimeters of accuracy is one of the greatest engineering achievements of humankind: Anyway, after […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
I haven’t been paying attention to this blog much because I’ve had a lot going on. Summer is almost here and we’ve already had loads of visitors come through town. One of the great things about living in Colorado is that there are always fun and interesting people around, locals and visitors alike. And there […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
I’ve been thinking a lot about the current state of the markets. I feel bad for the folks who are freaking out, although I can see where they’re coming from. Most of the folks in my circles tend to skew younger and they’ve had the fortune of incredible stock market performance: We’ve had a couple […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
People tend to freak out over market farts. And I always get well-meaning people asking me if I’m doing OK when Mr. Market isn’t so happy. While it can be tough to watch 20% of your net worth evaporate in a couple of days, know that: What To Do? If you’re still in the accumulation […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
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, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]| 1500 Days to Freedom
