Jun 14
6 Savings Accounts with the Highest Interest Rates
High savings. Low spending. We’ve established that is the key to financial independence. Over the past few months we’ve discussed a number…
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Jun 11
12 days of travel with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Allegory of Financial Independence
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article on the business and leisure travel of Tom Donohue, the president of the…
Jun 6
Book Review: Playing with FIRE
Many starting out on the road to financial independence (FI) look for high quality resources. Before purchasing this book, I read a…
May 30
How to Manage Expense Justification Syndrome
The same day this blog began, an Instagram account with the handle mydailyomelette also went live. The idea was to take an…
May 29
Comparing a Low-Fee Index Fund to a No-Fee Index Fund
After multiple rounds of interviews and writing tests, on May 31, 2012 I received a letter to work for my current employer.…
May 23
Confront Lifestyle Creep with these 4 Tactics
I was sitting at the dinner table with my buddy Nick in Colorado last month. He was telling me a story about…
May 21
The Path to Wealth is Paved in Passive Investments
Financial independence is achieved through low spending and high saving. Indeed the two concepts are expressly linked. After spending is under control,…
May 16
5 Strategies for Managing Subscription Creep
I’m amazed at how quickly the world of software and online services transitioned to the subscription model. Long gone are the days…
May 14
2 Reasons Carrying a Student Loan Balance is a Good Financial Decision
A major component of the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) lifestyle is a focus on reducing debt to zero, saving 50 percent…
May 9
6 Strategies to Reduce Food Spending
Food is one of the top spending categories. The average millennial spends more on food each month than they do on retirement…