I’m a 42 year old husband, father, and builder who’s in the pursuit of Financial Independence. I live in the Bay Area with my wife and two daughters.

Here are a few random things about me in bullet form:

• I’m a 2nd generation union carpenter.
• I am a superintendent with a large general contractor based out of California.
• Born in the Mission District of San Francisco
• The grandson of Mexican immigrants to the United States.
• A veteran of the Iraq War…the first time I crossed the Pacific was by boat and became a Shellback in the process.
• My wife and I have backpacked around the world twice. Each time in a different direction. Each time we quit our jobs to do so in 2010 and 2012.
• My worst fear is to be an old man with many regrets.

My goal is to live a life Happily Disengaged from consumerism, the corporate rat race, and anything to do with commuting on a freeway.

The Blog and its Purpose

This blog will be a chronicle of our path towards a more efficient life. I hope that one day both of my daughters can look back on this blog and be proud of the decisions we made to pursue FIRE. The changes we are making to regain decades of our life back are not easy and I know my daughters will have questions down the road when they realize their parents are not doing the typical “American Dream” thing.

Contact Email: happilydisengaged@gmail.com

Disclaimer: I’m not a financial expert or advisor. I’m a carpenter who likes to invest my money in the stock market. I write this blog for fun. You should not treat any opinion expressed on this website/blog, as a specific inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy, but only as an expression of our opinion. Educate yourself and do what’s right for you.