Are you a sports fan? Have you ever watched a game where seemingly out of nowhere the losing team that had absolutely nothing going for it in the first half of the game, somehow siezes all the momentum and goes on to have a powerful and unstoppable comeback? Isn’t that wild how it happens? A… The post Momentum first appeared on Accidentally Retired ..read more

So I went ahead and had a mid-life crisis! Well, maybe not a crisis, but turning 40 really was a mind f*ck. It isn’t JUST turning 40 that messes with you…it is everything leading up to turning 40 that seems like a moment of no return. And I know…I know that 40 is still young.… The post Turning 40 Was a Mind F*ck first appeared on Accidentally Retired ..read more

Wow! It has been way too long since I last wrote! It was just TOO easy to stop. It’s always too easy to stop. In fact, I haven’t actually written that much this year. Most of my writing this year has been updating older content and sending it out to new subscribers. But then I… The post Quitting Is Easy! first appeared on Accidentally Retired ..read more

Over the past few years, I have often shared the best books I’ve ever read, reviewed many on this site, and asked for recommendations. I’ve read 75+ books since launching this site, and have found some new favorites. Here are my top 10 non-fiction books of the past 3.5 years: Atomic Habits  by James Clear (my review) The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life by Boyd Varty Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins (my review) Four Thousand Weeks by Olver Burkeman (my review) Israel by Noa Tishby The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley Outlive by Peter Attia The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande A Short ..read more

Book Review, Summary, Highlights, and Quotes from The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous With the rise in Bitcoin’s price, over the past many months, the Bitcoin maxis have come out of the woodwork again to tout the imminent rise of BTC and the downfall of the Dollar. Seeing as I own some Bitcoin, and believe it to be a solid asymmetric bet (and the only one I take as a Boglehead), I wanted to learn more about WHY so many people (online at least) are pro-Bitcoin to the extreme. Was I missing something? I decided it was worth the time to “study more,” so I picked up The Bitcoin Standard ..read more

No seriously! We’re ALL so dang serious! But kids on the other hand, almost take nothing seriously. They can go from crying and being upset one moment, to having the most joyful amazing moment rocking out to a song they’ve heard 1,000 times the next. So when did it all change? When did WE start to take things so dang seriously? And maybe more specifically, when did I start taking things so seriously? Adulting: A Sad Trip to Seriousville You see I started questioning this a few weeks ago when my wife commented to me that I hadn’t said ANYTHING to her the whole night. And it was true…I was so c ..read more

Book Review, Summary, Highlights, and Quotes from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson For a long time, I held off on reading it because The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck seemed a bit too cliche and marketed to the masses…but I am glad that I read it. The first few chapters are gold. I was bookmarking every other page. However after that, it cooled down a bit…still, this book proved to be a quick, insightful, and entertaining read covering everything from happiness to entitlement, and from living life to the fullest to accepting death. Mark and I see eye to eye on a lot of thin ..read more

My wife recently shared a TikTok video with me in which kids were asking their Mother (who pretended to be an 80-something Grandma) to share her “secret family recipes.” The mother then said, “Well, the first thing I do is use this old search engine called ‘Google.'” “Next I search for “best” plus whatever I’m making” And finally, “I select the top result, skip the fluff, and go straight to the recipe and make it.” Yep. That about sums up life in the 2000s! So when our kids and grandkids ask us for nostalgic family recipes that we made from scratch over the years, we’ll have to let them in on ..read more

Here Are 10 Simple Hacks to Help You Save Money When You Travel, Without Skimping Updated: March 7, 2024 We are about to head out on our first vacation of the year, and that got me thinking about the different ways that we attempt to save money whenever we travel. Even though our travel budget has gone up over the years, we are always on the hunt for the best ways to save. Because more savings = even more travel! Here are the tried and true ways that we continue to save money, even while staying at 5-star hotels, amazing rental properties, or eating at high-end restaurants: 1) Utilize your AAA ..read more

Disclaimer: this article is for informational purposes only, and should NOT be taken as legal, financial, or tax advice. My wife and I have paid $0 in taxes from 2021 to 2023.  But we didn’t cheat.  And we’re not scamming the government. The tax code favors early retirees. Here is how anyone can do it: 1. Keep Income Low It’s pretty easy to keep income low in early retirement -> don’t work!  However, many early retirees do work and earn in some capacity on either side projects, real estate rentals, one-off consulting gigs, etc. It’s good to be productive, and in the case of ..read more