Beyond wealth: What happens AFTER you achieve financial independence?
In their classic Your Money or Your Life, Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin argue that the relationship between spending and happiness is non-linear. More spending brings more fulfillment — up to a point....
View ArticleFiology: The online encyclopedia of financial independence
Fiology is a brand-new site that I believe will interest many Get Rich Slowly readers. It's an attempt to gather in one place related articles about a variety of common topics from the world of...
View ArticleWhich matters more for building wealth: Your saving rate or your investment...
My name is Zach, and I write at Four Pillar Freedom, where I tend to tackle financial topics through data visualization. While J.D. is on vacation, I offered to explore one of his favorite topics: the...
View ArticleFive lessons I learned while making a documentary film about FIRE
When J.D. decided to spend three weeks in Europe with his family, he asked a few people if they'd be interested in contributing articles during his absence. He even asked me! My name is Scott Rieckens,...
View ArticleAm I financially independent? (And does it matter?)
It's been two years since I last looked at my overall financial situation to determine whether I have the resources to meet my goals. In those two years, much has changed. I sold my condo and bought a...
View ArticleDiscipline equals freedom: The difference between deprivation and depriving...
Financial independence and early retirement continue to attract mainstream attention. This is a good thing. Check that, this is a great thing. Of course, with this attention there are more naysayers...
View ArticlePlaying with fire: Words of wisdom from Vicki Robin
During my recent two-week break from blogging, I wasn't just focusing on my mental health. I did a couple of television interviews. I continued to hammer out details for a potential major project...
View ArticleThe £200 Millionaire: An early retirement story from 1932
J.D.'s Introduction While reading an obscure book about retiring early to a life at sea — Voyaging on a Small Income by Annie Hill (1993) — I discovered a short story from a man named Joseph...
View ArticleEarly Retirement Extreme: The ten-year update
Today, I'm pleased to present a guest article from one of my favorite money bloggers of all time: Jacob Lund Fisker. Fisker founded Early Retirement Extreme in 2007. It quickly became an influential...
View Article“Playing with FIRE”, the documentary about financial independence and early...
In early October 2016, I flew to New York City to attend Ramit Sethi’s Forefront event, a weekend conference about entrepreneurship and excellence. As I always do when travling, I agreed to meet with a...
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