Overcoming Mistakes.
Fifth grade was a big year for me. It was the year that my age was finally in the double digits. It was also the first time that I realized that I liked girls. One girl in particular caught my interest...
View ArticleQuit your job and do something you love.
When I created this site my goal was simple: to retire by age 35 and to document the 7 year journey. During these past 15 months I’ve gone through many life changes. We downsized to a smaller house,...
View ArticleA Kick-in-the-teeth Guide to Investing
Most people aren’t rocket scientists when it comes to investing. I’m not either, but I know enough about it that hopefully I can teach you something about it in the next five minutes. You need to know...
View ArticleGet your ass outside this Spring!
After a ridiculously long and cold winter the temperature has started to climb above the 70 degree mark, and spring has officially begun. I don’t care what the calendar says. Spring doesn’t officially...
View ArticleZero your cerebral inbox.
Our brains are capable of amazing things. They’re responsible for every single advance in human civilization, and after thousands of years of evolution our brains have grown in size and complexity. We...
View ArticleDrive your life Forward
Why do we spend the better portion of our lives obsessing over the trivial, while neglecting objects of true significance? Most people have life goals that mean an incredible amount to them, but they...
View ArticleFinancial Independence 2.0
If you asked me one year ago what my definition of financial independence was, I would have replied with something along the lines of “it’s when you have enough money where you don’t have to work ever...
View ArticleI never thought I’d be an entrepreneur.
I never thought I’d be an entrepreneur. My goal was to quit working when I built up enough money to sustain my family for the rest of our lives. How the hell did I convince myself that starting a...
View ArticleRepublic Wireless wants to buy you Chipotle burritos.
One year ago this month I made the switch to Republic Wireless. They were offering these ridiculously cheap cell phone plans that Verizon (my at-the-time current carrier) couldn’t match. They were...
View ArticleBattle of the ecommerce platforms.
Most people realize that blogging is a stepping stone to other things. Those things normally include writing a book, becoming a public speaker, or opening some sort of online business (consulting or...
View ArticleBeating the addiction to unhappiness.
When I was 23 I joined the Marine Corps. Since most people join the Marines straight out of high school, at either 17 or 18, I seemed pretty old to a lot of people. I had already had a full-time job,...
View ArticleHow to fly for free on Southwest.
Over the past few years my wife and I (and occasionally our kids) have flown at least 10 domestic flights for free. At first we didn’t have much of a strategy. We would just utilize the bonus points...
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