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Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:31 pm

I realize when JLF posts, I really don't know what he's talking about. I get the goal and ethos, but not the underlying systems;

*Raises hand* me too, lol. I feel like the dumbest guy in the classroom when I come here. The book went over my ahead in many of the places.

I guess the FIRE progress was faster than you anticipated? Keep on saving. Would you do something different now in the journey to FIRE? Are there some lessons you have learned along the way? With the market zoom zoom, I'm hitting all my targets sooner than anticipated. I'm struggling with myself fr...

Expenses: April $5,223 May $3,186 June $2,808 July $1,833 Ugh, due to crazy job stress, I went on a spending binge on travel. Came back rejuvenated so was worth it. It was only my second solo travel, still a learning process but I like it enough where I want to do this full time after FIRE. Only bi...

you can spend time in the same house with your mother without her threatening to call the cops on you. Lol, yeah, relationship is good. And if cops do come a-knocking, I guarantee it's all my doing. I'm not a big fan of working from home. My discipline is sh*t, I end up watching TV and eating all d...

... how do you come to terms with working hard when the aim of FIRE is so that one doesn't HAVE TO work hard? I don't view the aim of FIRE as not having to work hard. My aim is to not HAVE TO have a job that pays. I still plan to give my full effort and work hard on the activists I pursue, it just ...

Power of FU Money My mother was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure (stage 2/3) earlier this month and I decided to move back to my hometown when my lease was up. I wasn't ready to FIRE but I figured I had FU money so had no fear of quitting without another job lined up. So in my annual review ...

Thanks for the great insights singvestor and brute I was reading millenial revolution (good blog, silly title) and the author compared leaving chiang mai to amputating her arm. I'm a big fan of Wanderer and Firecracker and my interest of Chiang Mai was heightened after their posts. I also follow GoC...

Great journal, you are making fantastic progress! Bummer that you didn't like Chiang Mai too much. I've never been but from reading about it, I was hoping to settle there when I FIRE due to low costs, weather, proximity to hiking, food, and people. From your extensive traveling, do you have a recomm...

2016 Review Happy New Year! It was an unbelievable year, my net worth went up 24% but not sure where all the progress was made. 401k under performed and didn't start making my cost saving changes until the 2nd half of the year so the math quite doesn't add up. Started using Personal Capital and Exc...

Great blog, very inspirational.

This was one of the journals I followed from early on in real time, looking forward to reading more

Redefining Goals Not sure if this is a knee jerk reaction to the Chicago cold wave but I can't bear the thought of going through 4 more Chicago winters. Originally I was shooting for a dividend income milestone but I'm scrapping that for the traditional SWR target to shave off 1 year. After extensi...

@Chris - I like the idea it's a contracts with myself. The 2021 goal has 'one more year' padded in so I'm hoping my mindset will be ready sooner Investments: Other than knowing the balance, I have pretty much ignored my retirement accounts the last 4 years. I finally dived in a little deeper over th...

This is very sad, sorry for your loss

Ughhh, my spending went out of control this month. I had a little trip to Las Vegas. It's a city I love and visit often...it has great hiking, food and shows. I hate gambling so that was never an issue until this trip. I was just trying to kill time at the penny slots and before you know it, I'm dow...

Your PP sounds like Brittany Taylor from 'Simple Living and Travel.' Brittany is raw vegan, polyamourous, into acrobats/yoga/outdoor life and is traveling long term. I love her youtube channel because she talks about minimalism, being happy with less and I think these are good foundations to FIRE. S...

Thanks for the kinds words Jacob and Gilberto. And big congratulations to Jacob on climbing the amazon ranks. I followed the link from MMM and see that the ERE book is a "#1 Best Seller" under early retirement and retirement planning, ahead of some notable authors. WOOT! The MMM poster thi...

The past 3 months, I've been working on some of the items on the 21 day makeover. It's a great blueprint. Finding a place to live Downsized from a 2br apartment to a small studio, saving $1000 a month. Rent is still higher than I wanted but the location is great:walking distance to grocery stores, l...

Hi, I'm a long time lurker, I especially enjoy the journal section so thanks to all who contribute. Public speaking/writing makes me very uncomfortable but I heard public accountability and visualization helps reach your goals so I thought I start a journal of my own. I'm 41, been married twice, div...

PEs are scary, sorry to hear that you are going through it. My wife had 2 PEs due to cancer before 30. Coumadin isn't an option due to drug interactions so she is on lovenox twice a day. Unfortantely lovenox is not $5 a day:( Health issues do put a cramp on the FI plans but you realize freedom means...

If you are in the western US, you can head over to New Mexico and can get the annual state park camping pass for $220. Campsites usually have a picnic table and fire pit so that should cover the desk/cooking issue. Some have showers so can get more comforts than BLM land or National Forests. This is...