It's been a year since I quit my full-time job last May after I reached financial independence. I now teach part-time at UW-Madison, am writing my second book, see my friends more often, and travel. But, it's not all roses and kitty cats. Here, I'll do an honest...
One important way to gain financial independence and retire early is having a side hustle. Side hustles allow you to make extra money and save it, possibly knocking years off your working career. I stumbled upon my side hustle by accident five years ago and it has...
I quit my full-time job last May after I hit my financial independence number, a goal I'd been working on for over 10 years. I haven't talked a lot about Financial Independence (FI) here, but given the current economic downturn, inflation, and general instability, I...
It's currently Tuesday morning and I'm sitting in a tiny apartment in Paris writing this blog post just hours before it needs to go out. The time zone change is definitely working in my favor. For the past week, I've been on a dream trip come true. I brought my...
Last year, I read a book called Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home by Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel. I thought it was going to be a book on surviving in today’s hybrid environment. It was, but there was a larger point to be...
One of the things I’ve been pondering lately is the idea of maximizing fulfillment over wealth. It’s a different way of thinking about intentionality which is crafting the life you really want to be living. A focus I’ve had for many years now. Die with Zero Why am I...