I know, this sounds super condescending. Maybe even over-simplified. Things are never really THAT simple, are they? Fair enough. So here, let’s put it another way. If you want to be above average, then you can’t keep acting like…
Blogging is deceptively easy. The barrier to entry with blogging is so low that almost anyone can spin up a blog in a matter of a few minutes. Using a service like WordPress or Blogspot, it’s also 100% free, and…
Ever since late in 2014, the ThinkSaveRetire.com blog has been my baby. I launched the site to track my journey toward financial independence and early retirement. At the beginning, I didn’t have any hard and fast goals for it. No…
One of my favorite parts about the pursuit of financial independence is that anybody can do it. Regardless of color, nationality or ethnicity, the pursuit of huge goals, like financial independence, is within the great majority of us. At its…
I am a big believer that even after college, learning never really stops. The more we learn, the better people we become. Today, I sit here as a 38-year old guy who retired at 35, thinking back to my college…
When I was a child, my dad taught me a fascinating lesson when growing up. About having a positive attitude. It was a lesson about your outlook on life and how, as if by magic, one can control his…
It’s pretty damn surreal right now. I am done with full-time work. Like, “done” done. Unless something absolutely catastrophic happens, I will never set foot in an office again as a member of their full-time work staff. That’s it. I’m…