Relaxed financial independence
Guys, it's time to get healthy. This blog is about the journey towards early retirement but it's also about the life you lead while getting there. After all, what good is retiring early if you're out of shape and feeling crappy? The other day, my future wife popped the big question. She asked me if [...]
It's dividend update time! The summer months are near and the calendar has turned to a new month. That means it's time to look back at May and see how things went on the dividend front. There has been a lot of talk about rising rates in recent months. One of the nice side effects [...]
I originally started this website with two intentions. The first was to track my spending and portfolio. In essence, it was to be a simple finance blog. The goal was to force myself to save more. In that regard, it has worked very well. The second goal was to become a better writer. What better [...]
Let's Play that Golf Golf has always been a mystery to me. It's a game that seemed inaccessible when I was growing up. You needed clubs, balls, special clothing and then you had to pay the course fees too. That's a lot of cash to spend especially when you're pretty poor. It seemed so much [...]
[This savings rate report about my tax refund may contain affiliate links at no cost to you] I'm generally pretty lazy when it comes to taxes and always do them close to the deadline. Luckily, the government is an efficient machine and gets any money owed back to me pretty quickly. My goal is to owe $0 [...]
Welcome to part two in my series of introductory posts. The first one was about my time in Poland and you can check it out here. If your goal is to know more about some random immigrant on the internet then start there. This second part is all about come over here and chasing that [...]
The stock market today is an interesting one. Investors have benefited from a nearly uninterrupted run up this decade. That's why it almost seemed out of character to see the small stumble this year. The stock market can fall? What madness is this? January started off strong with the S&P 500 returning over 5%. However, [...]
I started this blog a while ago but I've never had a good introduction. In fact, my about page is really lacking. It's time to fix that! What follows is the first of a few posts I'll write to flesh out my about me page. It'll be a proper introduction to the person behind the [...]