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Month: November 2024

Why I’ve Stopped Caring About FIRE

Why I’ve Stopped Caring About FIRE

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It dawned on me on my way to work one morning that I’ve stopped giving a damn about FIRE. Driving through the darkness of the early morning freeways, lights of the San Francisco skyline and bridges glistening out past the windows, podcast on the History of Byzantium blasting through the truck speakers, the thought popped into my mind that I don’t really need an exit off this freeway I’ve found myself cruising down. I don’t need FIRE anymore. What do…

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Stop and Enjoy The Journey to FIRE

Stop and Enjoy The Journey to FIRE

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With markets pushing ahead full steam, inflation seemingly tamed, unemployment hovering at record lows, I can’t help but stop, look around, and just admire the landscape around me. For anyone pursuing financial independence, now is a damn good time to do so. Pretty much anything thrown into a broad domestic index fund will produce a return. For cash savers, 4%-5% interest rates don’t look so bad. I know I’m enjoying my HYSA after years on just avoiding cash. There was…

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