Notwithstanding recent events that . . . ummm . . . show the United States in a hair-raising, house-is-on-fire, sound-the-alarm-bells poor light, I’m incredibly proud and privileged to be an American. But while I think that we Americans as a group have any number of traits to be admired and that distinguish us (hello, creativity,…
Month: January 2021
Headphone Lessons
FIRE bloggers often warn against sacrificing things that bring you real joy (so long as they’re not harmful to others, of course). Maybe you can be creative and hack the expense. Or enjoy the item/service less often but more intensely. But it can be counterproductive to give it up altogether. I agree. Unfortunately for me…
American Beauty
I recently took a walk down one of the more beautiful streets in our city. . . . I should clarify. The actual street itself wasn’t beautiful. After all, asphalt is asphalt is asphalt. I think it was Einstein who said that. No, maybe Voltaire. OK, I confess. I’m not sure who said it. But…
360 Days
With deepest apologies to Carl—of the 1500 Days to Freedom Carls—who committed no sin grave enough to be associated with this blog, the title for this blog post shamelessly steals a bit of the concept behind his blog’s name. That is, similar to Carl setting the goal of FIREing 1,500 days from the launch of…
