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Link Day – A Few Faves From This Week

August 10, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  It’s a blistering hot Saturday where I come from, too hot to be outside doing much of anything. But it’s given me a great chance to catch up on some reading and select a few of my favorite posts from this week. Hope you enjoy! –FI Pilgrim   Steve from My Wife Quit Her […]

Filed Under: Networking Tagged With: debt, retirement

Try To Pretend You Are Someone Else

August 2, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  I was eating lunch today with a good friend of mine (we’ll call him Larry), with whom I often discuss financial topics like investing, trading, and 401ks. He’s been a CPA for around 20 years, and knows his stuff. As such, he works very long hours at the office, has a 30 minute commute […]

Filed Under: Stories, The Basics Tagged With: 401k, enough, lifestyle, retirement, story

Why I Stopped Contributing To My 401k

July 16, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  Up until this month I’ve been contributing steadily to my 401k at work, over the last 9 1/2 years. My company contributes a flat 3% of salary for each of our employees, which is a nice benefit for many folks who might not have the means to contribute to a matching plan. I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Decisions Tagged With: 401k, enough, financial independence, house, mortgage, retirement, story

How Do You Define “Enough”?

July 15, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  In Steven Covey’s book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People“, he talks about beginning with the end in mind. That’s Habit 2, specifically. Have you done that when it comes to financial planning? When you began your career, your life planning, what was the end game you planned for?  Was there a financial […]

Filed Under: The Basics Tagged With: enough, financial independence, lifestyle, retirement

Financial Independence – My Definition

July 12, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  When I read the book “Your Money or Your Life” in 2009, the concept of financial independence was totally new to me.  It hit me like a ton of bricks.  Our society says “simply work 9 to 5 until you’re 65, and then you’ll be free!  Financially Independent!”  Or, for some brilliant entrepreneurs out […]

Filed Under: The Basics Tagged With: enough, financial independence, retirement

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