1500 Days to Freedom https://www.1500days.com/ Think different and escape the rat race. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:05:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.9 Another Inflection Point, FinCon, SoCal, Redwoods, And Demons https://www.1500days.com/another-inflection-point-fincon-socal-redwoods-and-demons/ https://www.1500days.com/another-inflection-point-fincon-socal-redwoods-and-demons/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:05:54 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=31022 Mindy and I are at a big point in our lives. Our new place is done and we have mostly moved in. (More on The Project in an upcoming post.) But we also had to get our prior home ready to sell. This took Maximum Effort because: The amount of work was significant and the […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/macbooks-in-paradise/feed/ 12 Die With $10,000,000? https://www.1500days.com/die-with-10000000/ https://www.1500days.com/die-with-10000000/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:12:31 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30944 A couple of weeks ago, a relative called me with this question: Should I buy an electric vehicle? She was concerned about high gas prices. I explained to her that since she already had a car that worked fine, buying an EV would be spending dollars to save pennies. Silly Humans Humans tend to think […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/die-with-10000000/feed/ 14 Will Early Retirement Lead To Early Death? https://www.1500days.com/will-early-retirement-lead-to-early-death/ https://www.1500days.com/will-early-retirement-lead-to-early-death/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:17:29 +0000 https://www.1500days.com/?p=30894 A story from Fortune rudely assaulted my news feed recently. The title of it is big and scary: WHOAHH! Everything I know is a LIE! I NEED to find another job! NOW!!! Haha. No. The article referenced a paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research which had more scary words: Correlational evidence suggests that […]

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]]> https://www.1500days.com/money-non-update/feed/ 26 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/#comments 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/ 4 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/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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