My last day or work was in April of 2017, almost 8 years ago (!!!). Life has been pretty great, but it isn’t the Instagram version that you see influencers and media outlets bleeting about. Our kids keep us mostly in Longmont. They’re in public schools (after home-schooling during COVID, there’s NO way I’d sign […] The post The Evolution Of My FI Life appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

There aren’t many negatives to FI life, but one of them may be this: It’s a lot easier to say Yes to all of the fun that comes your way. I’ve been home exactly one weekend this year. The weekend of January 4th, I was messing around in NYC. I got to see Paul Rudolph’s […] The post Old MR2, Politics, And An Angry Iguana appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

Just a quick note today about some appearances around the internet! I’m on The Struggle Is Real podcast this week. I talk about frugality, spending experiments (including the joy of failure), and one cool thing I’ve learned about deploying money for fun (SPOILER ALERT: It’s about the people.) Check it out where finer podcasts are […] The post Podcast Appearance And A New Show! appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […] The post Performance Update, January 2025: Big Market Farts appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

Over the past two weeks, I have witnessed two amazing engineering achievements. One of them, I watched on TV. The other, I experienced firsthand. Catching Skyscrapers For the second time (in 3 tries), SpaceX caught the Starship booster stage: The Starship booster is as tall as a 33 story building. During descent, it hits speeds […] The post Living In A Star Trek World (almost) appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

Seven years ago, Dividend Growth Investor (DGI) asked me if I’d like to participate in the Warren Buffett bet. For those unfamiliar, in 2008 Buffett famously challenged the hedge fund industry: Can you beat the S&P 500 over a period of 10 years? Buffett won as the hedge fund got clobbered by the S&P 500. But I […] The post Warren Buffett Bet, Year 7: Back To Winning appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

This post is all over the place, so I’ll just jump right into it. 2024 Money: Best Year Yet! This blog is supposed to be about money, so let’s start there. 2024 was slow going until November. Then, Tesla put the accelerator to the floor and SpaceX took off. Tesla: Clearly this stock went full-on […] The post 2024 Review/ 2025 Planning appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

Time for another titillating fitness update. I last posted at the end of September. Since then, I’ve been hitting it hard at the gym. Maybe too hard… Obsessed When I get obsessed with something, I get obsessed. My obsession now is fitness. Fitness is the one thing I should have been obsessed with all along, […] The post Fitness Update: Cookie Madness, Old Rotator Cuffs, And Progress appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […] The post Performance Update: Irrational Exuberance? appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more

Last month at FinCon, my new friend Paulette asked me a question that I had no answer to: What is something you have purchased lately that’s made you happy? I thought about it a while but nothing stood out. Perhaps part of the reason was that I first considered physical objects. Life is pretty good […] The post What Purchases Have Made You Happy Lately? appeared first on 1500 Days to Freedom ..read more