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The Journey to Financial Independence (FI) and Possible Retirement by age 59 and a half

Category: Retirement Police

  • Exclusive: Why Linus is Right About Christmas, Charlie Brown

    Have you ever seen A Charlie Brown Christmas? This holiday classic is timeless and elicits wonderful Christmas memories. Listening to The Vince Guaraldi Trio music is sure to put you in the holiday mood. Vince and the gang include classics from “Christmastime is Here” to “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.” While Linus’ attempting to espouse…

  • The JC Penney Christmas Catalog Helped My Money Discipline

    Paging through the JC Penney Christmas Catalog was a great pastime and unintentionally helped me to develop delayed gratification.

  • Stunning and Protected One Year Worth of Thank You Very Much Money

    Emergency Fund versus Thank You Very Much Money Here I shall lay out the differences between an emergency fund and Thank You Very Much Money. Some in the financial independence (FI) community refer to a “thank you very much” fund by a different term. The FI community word begins with an “F” and ends with…

  • How to Best Inflation? Consciousness Grows Faster Than Inflation

    “There is the possibility that consciousness grows faster than inflation,” Joe Dominguez once remarked. This was already after Joe and Vicki Robin co-authored the Financial Independence (FI) cult-classic Your Money or Your Life. Joe and Vicki’s nine-step program is as much about The Psychology of Money as it is about the practical steps. Joe’s comment…

  • The Magic of the Pre-Tax 457(b) Plan if you Qualify

    What is the heck is a pre-tax 457(b) plan retirement account?- The pre-tax 457(b) plan can help you next level your journey to Financial Independence (FI). A 457(b) financial planning device is only open to a select number of individuals.  The IRS allows 457(b) plans for certain government and non-governmental tax-exempt entities for select employees…

  • Retirement Police on the Expert Edge of “Excessive” Retirement

    Retirement Police All Points Bulletin (APB) for “Excessive” increase in Retirees Another reason to justify expanding the Retirement Police Force. In October 2022, the Federal Reserve of New York reported that the pandemic created an “excessive” retirement trend. Lest, retirements rose “almost 1½ percentage points above its pre-pandemic level.” The Retirement Police are hot on…

  • Wake Up, It’s Unbelievably Obvious we are Coast FI

    Securing Coast FI status is a major step in the Financial Independence (FI) movement. Obsessing about “retirement” and making “paid work optional” in your future? Accordingly, we are planning to work, but not necessarily for a paycheck. Coast FI as Damn Right Scary In truth, thinking about officially calculating to see if we were “Coast…

  • Revealing the Thrilling Plot to Energize the Retirement Police

    The Retirement Police is a shortened version of the “Internet Retirement Police” as noted in the Financial Independence (FI) community. Mr. Money Mustache has been a leader in taking on the “Internet Retirement Police” who believe you are not really retired if you make “paid work optional” or “work for fun” as noted by Jacob…

  • Announcing Stunning Benefits to Our Money Approach these Next 100 Months to Financial Independence

    What are we doing different in the next 100 Months to Financial Independence? We are more cognizant of the fact that we are at an age when “things happen” to people. Part of this is modifying our approach to the psychology of money and making sure we have time to maximize our experiences. Counter Intuitive…

  • The Magic of Fearless Financial Independence (FI) at age 59+

    An actionable and accountable journey to be on the lam from the “retirement police” and retire at age 59 and a half As a child I dreamt of being rich and retiring early. Even as a very young child, I was cognizant of money.  I understood you exchanged money to “buy” things you needed or…