The last couple of months have been brutal. I’m usually an almost annoyingly positive and optimistic person, but the events of the past few months have made it difficult to get out of bed and smile on many recent days. I am an American. I am a black American. My heart breaks each time I see another video of an unarmed black person (or any person) murdered. I don’t know how to bridge the growing the divide between the people suffering and those denying that anything is wrong. All I can do is tell my story, speak my truth, and lead as many of you to freedom as possible.
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The Principles of Financial Freedom
I’ve been quietly financially free since 2015. Sometimes I tell people that it happened by accident…but if I’m honest, that’s not true. I’m free and I’m wealthy in my 30s due to a series of very specific life choices. In this blog, I’m doing my best to share the steps I took in case you might also be interested in getting free and want to follow a similar path.
This is Not a Drill: Using the Principles of FIRE to Withstand Economic Catastrophe
2020 is a hot mess so far – everything I planned for in every worst case scenario on all of my nerdy personal finance and budget spreadsheets. Even though I always been a firm believer in preparing for the worst case scenario, I still never thought so much would/could actually go wrong at the same time. This is NOT a drill.