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A couple of things I learned after retiring

If you plan on/need to earn money after retirement don't ever say the word "retirement", people won't pay you for anything. I thought every day would be Saturday- it's not, every day is Tuesdsy. Yoga ...

reddit.com Dec 02 2023

Optimism

Mindy and I are in NYC and work up early one morning with one goal in mind: take a great photo of the Charging Bull. I’ve been fascinated with this sculpture since I learned that the creator plo...

1500days.com Nov 25 2023

Why Luck Isn’t Real

A few weeks ago I was talking with my cousin, who works at a movie theater, and I asked him, "What's something that you learned while working at a movie theater that most people don't know?" He replie...

ofdollarsanddata.com Sep 26 2023

10 Lessons From The Batter’s Box Of Life

I love baseball.   Even if you’re not a fan of the game, I encourage you to read on.  As you’ll see, the challenge of hitting a baseball is a great […] The post 10 Les...

theretirementmanifesto.com Jul 27 2023

If You’re So Rich, Why Are You Desperate?

A few weeks ago Ryan Holiday released a post called 31 Lessons I've Learned about Money. The lessons are great, but I was a bit turned off by this paragraph that came right before the lessons: And I

ofdollarsanddata.com Jun 06 2023

What I’ve Learned From My Retirement Mastermind Group

In January, I started a Retirement Mastermind group in the mountain town I call home.   Today, I’m sharing the story of how the group came to be and, more importantly, […] The po...

theretirementmanifesto.com May 04 2023

Lessons Learned in Retiring Abroad

March 29, 2023 — If you have seen the ads from International Living and other companies you would think paradise awaits you in a sun-soaked tropical paradise. According to the claims, all you ne...

topretirements.com Mar 27 2023

10 investment lessons from Peter Lynch

Contents from freedom 35 blog. (www.freedomthirtyfiveblog.com) Here are 10 lessons from a portfolio manager that averaged 29% annual return from 1977 to 1990 1. Everyone has a unique set of knowledge ...

freedomthirtyfiveblog.com Mar 21 2023

Two Key Lessons From the Banking Crisis

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the general health of banks has been all over the news recently. There are many fascinating aspects of this story. One is parsing out the roles different p...

caniretireyet.com Mar 20 2023

Navigating a Lawsuit

Today, we interview a doc who shares his experience of navigating a lawsuit. While he keeps the details of the case private, he shares what he learned through this long and arduous several-year proces...

whitecoatinvestor.com Mar 09 2023

Lessons Learned From 4 Years Outside the Maze

Life’s been a real mixture of things for today’s poster. He reached financial independence and retired four years ago, and ... Read more...

physicianonfire.com Feb 10 2023

Adventures In Yoga

After a long holiday hiatus, yoga classes picked up again at my local community center. I never thought I would be so excited about an exercise class. But, as I learned during the past few months, yog...

kathysretirementblog.com Jan 27 2023

Long term retirement advice

Sometime last year I converted an old 401k from a previous employer to a traditional IRA then to a Roth IRA. I have around $10,000 in the Roth. I am also contributing to my current employers match rat...

reddit.com Jan 26 2023

10 Lessons Learned Along This FIRE Journey

So understanding that value proposition all of us have in trading our time for money is one of ten lessons that our poster, Tawcan, has learned during his...

physicianonfire.com Jan 15 2023

The California Effect

One of the reasons I don’t write as often these days is that my life has gradually evolved into a Personal Finance Bubble.  The people around me have learned to be purposeful with their money, ...

mrmoneymustache.com Dec 10 2022

Learning to Live

In my six years of publishing blog posts every Tuesday, I've never had the pleasure of releasing a post on my birthday...until now. But, rather than write one of those stereotypical "33 lessons in 33 ...

ofdollarsanddata.com Nov 22 2022

Lessons From the Badass Muscular Neurobiologist

Have you ever noticed that as a whole, our society has its daily habits almost completely backwards? We’re generally so “busy” that we don’t have time to get much exercise. And then we spend c...

mrmoneymustache.com Sep 30 2022