A few years ago I made a spreadsheet to track my progress paying off my home early (you can download a customizable copy here for free). When I made this spreadsheet there was 1 box that helped me more that any other with staying motivated, which was the box that …
How can you retire at 55? This is a question I have been asked numerous times. I figured the best people to answer this question are people who actually did it. My dad retired last month just after turning 55. My mom left her full time job about 5 years …
Since I am targeting early retirement I have been asked multiple times how I can make that happen because everyone knows you can’t retire until you are 59 1/2, or 62, or 67 (like there is some sort of law against it). Because of this misinformation I have collected together …
I started this blog in 2013 with the expectation that I would not earn any money from it, I just wanted to share what I was learning about personal finance with others. I didn’t even know it was a possibility to make money off a blog. When I read …