1500 Days to Freedom https://www.1500days.com/ Think different and escape the rat race. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:52:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 What FIRE People Won’t Tell You https://www.1500days.com/what-fire-people-wont-tell-you/ https://www.1500days.com/what-fire-people-wont-tell-you/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:22:55 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30851 I’m back on the BiggerPockets Money podcast this week with Mindy! So exciting! For me at least. I enjoy podcasting and look forward to recording more when the F.O.O.L.I.S.H. Project is over. What FIRE People Won’t Tell You Being financially independent is a truly stunning and incredible circumstance. It gives you autonomy: You love your […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/what-fire-people-wont-tell-you/feed/ 0 Europe! (Now With Tap-To-Pee And Mega Mindy) https://www.1500days.com/europe-now-with-tap-to-pee-and-mega-mindy/ https://www.1500days.com/europe-now-with-tap-to-pee-and-mega-mindy/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:15:00 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30760 Mindy and I just got back from an adventure that took us to New Jersey, Amsterdam and Belgium. The Amsterdam and Belgium part was a river cruise we booked with FI Friends Travel, run by my friend, Kristen. Here was the itineray: New Jersey Beach (3/26-3/29): First, we stopped to visit my good friend, Bob. […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/europe-now-with-tap-to-pee-and-mega-mindy/feed/ 13 F.O.O.L.I.S.H. Project Update: Big Money, Bigger Joy! https://www.1500days.com/f-o-o-l-i-s-h-project-update-big-money-bigger-joy/ https://www.1500days.com/f-o-o-l-i-s-h-project-update-big-money-bigger-joy/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:16:53 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30720 Back in November, I wrote about the F.O.O.L.I.S.H. Project: F*&^%$# Obnoxious Ostentatious Luxuriously Irreverent Silly House Mindy and I are doing something I NEVER thought I’d do; scrape a home and build a new one. Time for an update. F.O.O.L.I.S.H. Project: Update! This project started back in 2024. Mindy and I had purchased a decrepit home in a really great location. […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/f-o-o-l-i-s-h-project-update-big-money-bigger-joy/feed/ 16 Rant: The Fine Line Between Cheap And Frugal https://www.1500days.com/rant-the-fine-line-between-cheap-and-frugal/ https://www.1500days.com/rant-the-fine-line-between-cheap-and-frugal/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:16:58 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30668 I watched Spinal Tap for the millionth time recently. It has a load of great lines including this one: There’s a fine line between stupid and clever. There’s also a fine line between cheap and frugal… Don’t Be Cheap I went hiking a couple of years ago with a group of folks. Afterward, we went […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/rant-the-fine-line-between-cheap-and-frugal/feed/ 19 Warren Buffett Bet, Year 8: Yeah Baby, Yeah! https://www.1500days.com/warren-buffett-bet-year-8-yeah-baby-yeah/ https://www.1500days.com/warren-buffett-bet-year-8-yeah-baby-yeah/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:04:00 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30585 Eight years ago, Dividend Growth Investor (DGI) asked me if I’d like to participate in the Warren Buffett bet. For those unfamiliar, in 2008 Buffett famously challenged the hedge fund industry: Can you beat the S&P 500 over a period of 10 years? Buffett won as the hedge fund got clobbered by the S&P 500. But I like […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/warren-buffett-bet-year-8-yeah-baby-yeah/feed/ 9 Random 2025 Thoughts: Money, Technology, Me https://www.1500days.com/random-2025-thoughts-money-technology-me/ https://www.1500days.com/random-2025-thoughts-money-technology-me/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:20:07 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30551 What a horrible title for a blog post! Hey, they can’t all be winners. 2025 was a great year for us! And if you were invested in index funds, it was a great year for you too. Money This blog is supposed to be about money. Let’s start there. Markets are up. Again. The S&P […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/random-2025-thoughts-money-technology-me/feed/ 17 Introducing The FI Collective https://www.1500days.com/introducing-the-fi-collective/ https://www.1500days.com/introducing-the-fi-collective/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:35:50 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30527 I was listening to a recent podcast with Morgan Housel. I have a lot of respect for Morgan, so was disappointed to hear him say this: Everyone I know who retired early has gone back to work. My experience has been almost the exact opposite of Morgan’s. I know plenty early retirees and almost none […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/introducing-the-fi-collective/feed/ 15 Guest Post: Is Toilet Paper A Better Investment Than AI Stocks? https://www.1500days.com/guest-post-is-toilet-paper-a-better-investment-than-ai-stocks/ https://www.1500days.com/guest-post-is-toilet-paper-a-better-investment-than-ai-stocks/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:04:00 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30530 Today’s guest post comes from a friend I met recently at the last EconoMe. I didn’t know he had a blog until fairly recently. His work is pretty great, so I invited him to guest post! I didn’t give him any guidelines about what to write about. Most do their best work when they’re doing […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/guest-post-is-toilet-paper-a-better-investment-than-ai-stocks/feed/ 5 Discovering FI, Our Town, And My Life https://www.1500days.com/discovering-fi-our-town-and-my-life/ https://www.1500days.com/discovering-fi-our-town-and-my-life/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:57:11 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30473 Two stories today and then two thoughts… Story 1: Discovering FI (Telling The World!) I learned that I could retire early in October of 2012. I was having an awful time at work and put this into Google: How do I retire early? It was a hail mary pass that I didn’t expect to lead […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/discovering-fi-our-town-and-my-life/feed/ 21 The Very Big F.O.O.L.I.S.H. Project https://www.1500days.com/the-very-big-f-o-o-l-i-s-h-project/ https://www.1500days.com/the-very-big-f-o-o-l-i-s-h-project/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:50:49 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30146 The Wayback Machine It all started about 40 years ago. I was a boy who enjoyed fart humor, pizza, LEGO and rockets. Except for my age, nothing has changed. My parents were fans of Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW) and we visited a couple of his structures. The experiences and his unique designs made an imprint […]

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