Mr. Money Mustache

Wow, how about that stock market?

– In the world of very early retirement, we tend to ignore one of the most important things for normal retirees: the Social Security program.

– As a man of Science, I’m supposed to hide my enthusiasm about this somewhat controversial subject, and instead direct you only to the peer-reviewed studies.

– It all started last winter when I innocently posted a review for a heated vest I had bought on Amazon.

– Quite accidentally, it looks like we timed our last talk about the stock market pretty darned well.

– And by lately, I mean the past several years or more.

– A couple of years ago, Mr.

– Well, it looks like we’re here in another US election year already.

– “I used to read Mr.

– Almost nineteen years into early retirement now, I’ve come to realize that the complete freedom of this lifestyle can be a double-edged sword.

– The other day, an MMM reader stopped by and left the following comment on one of my older posts about the principles of FIRE: “While I still find some of MMM’s advice relevant, it seems like every FI blogger out there worked in tech 20 years ago, pulled…

– The thing that drew me to early retirement is freedom, and that’s still the best part of it.

Whoa, have you seen what just happened to interest rates!?

As with many things in life these days, it all started with an episode of the Peter Attia podcast.

Here’s the new car, on its first real camping trip shortly after taking delivery.

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Well, looks like it has happened again.