Frugal Freedom

I started this post back in March.  I need to update it again. ---------------------- Let's take a look at my financial freedom/semi...

I took mom to the lake this weekend.  Not much happening there. I don't know about you but to me these weeks are just flying by.  No...

So much has been going on, and yet, so little actual change.  Most of the changes are just in my future plans.  For instance, my mother and...

We had our yearly retirement seminar from our 401k administrator today. The future looks bleak. He said we need 80% of our income in retir...

I have been thinking about what I would do if I lost my job, or quit my job before my early retirement plan is complete (meaning that I didn...

This work stuff is really a drag this week. I just don't know how to get any cooperation from my annoying co-worker. I ask him about a p...

Ahh, Thursdays, my favorite night. One more day until the weekend, I get to watch The Office and Bones, and I get to wear jeans tomorrow. Ac...

I got this link in my inbox today from my Vanguard retirement account. Why So Many Americans Are Broke . I didn't think it was a great a...

I was talking to someone today who is putting a large amount of money in to peer to peer lending. He is very excited and sure that he will d...

Finally, my 401k has enough money in it again so that I could, if I wanted to, pay off my mortgage. That's after 21% tax and the 10% pen...

Sometimes people ask me what I plan to do after my mortgage is paid off. Initially, back in 2007, I thought I would quit my job right after ...

Today's news was filled with sensational headlines about the swine flu so I decided to make my own sensational headline. 3 months ago, w...

I read two articles on MSN Money within days of each other. The first, Rescue Your Retirement offered the suggestion that people who are rea...

We got an email at work today that said the company will be closed for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve in addition to the usual holiday...

But I just can't help it. It's sort of a morbid curiosity. With all of the bad news about the economy, it really doesn't mean an...

I've reached $55k !!! Ok, the balance is $55,507.57 but $55k is shorter. I paid an extra $1,400 towards my mortgage for October. I was g...

Human resources sent out an email to the whole company today telling us to go to the Vanguard website if we have concerns about our retireme...

I wasn't going to look at my retirement fund. I didn't want to be depressed. But I just couldn't help it. It was around the $70k...

I try not to dwell too much on the news. I can't control much of what is going on. The best thing I can do is to stick to my plan...no...

When I start talking about my early retirement goals and what I am doing to reach them I often get the same reaction...You'll be bored, ...