Early Retirement & Financial Independence
- How A Million Dollars Bought Me Happiness
People who say “money doesn’t buy happiness” are wrong. It does, they’re just thinking about it the wrong way… A couple...
Mr. 1500 February 25, 2016 Blog - Here’s Why You Need To Have Multiple Streams Of Income
Most people are not financially independent and most people only have one income stream - their job. Creating multiple streams of...
Pauline Paquin June 13, 2016 Blog - What Do Financially Successful Millennials Have In Common?
What separates the millennials who are struggling with the ones who are thriving? We asked a certified financial planner who works...
Sophia Bera, CFP(R) June 10, 2016 Blog - How Much Money Should I Save Each Month?
$50? $500? 10%? 50%? Is there a right answer to the question of how much of your paycheck you should save...
Pauline Paquin July 11, 2016 Blog - Financial Advice For My Broke Friends Who Earn $500,000/Year
How do you earn $500,000 a year and still manage to be broke? It turns out making more money doesn't always...
Mr. 1500 February 18, 2016 Blog - 49 Financial Experts Reveal How Much Money They Need To Retire
We asked 48 personal finance experts "how much money do you need to retire"? Here are their answers and advice you...
Charley Mendoza August 10, 2017 Blog - This Couple Shows You How Extreme Frugality Allowed Them To Become Financially Independent
Even living in expensive Cambridge, Massachusetts with a baby and a pricey mortgage, the Frugalwoods demonstrate that with some dedication and...
Holly Johnson May 6, 2016 Blog - Setting Financial Goals: The 4 Phases To Financial Independence
Our relationship with money is ever changing. It's a necessary and natural evolution required to adapt to the phase of life we happen...
Mr. 1500 July 26, 2017 Blog - I Have Every Dollar I’ve Earned In My 10 Year Career
In a society where saving 10% of your salary is considered good money management, how do you end up with more...
Physician On Fire September 12, 2016 Blog - What the FIRE Movement Can Teach You About Personal Investing
Proponents of the FIRE movement adopt an extremely conservative lifestyle in their earliest earning decades, often saving 50% to 70% of...
Robert Olliver May 4, 2020 Blog - Why Is It So Dangerous To Be Financially Average?
Being average, although encouraged by society, can have dramatic consequences for your lifetime earnings and retirement planning.
Pauline Paquin November 4, 2016 Blog - How To Get Rich With Contrarian Thinking
If you follow the herd, you set yourself up for a normal, boring life. Think big like a contrarian and set...
Mr. 1500 August 10, 2016 Blog - How I Walked Away From A $200,000/Year “Dream Job” At 31 To Live My Life
Could you leave a prestigious $200,000 a year dream job if it meant living a happier life? Here's the story of...
FI Fighter March 26, 2016 Blog - How Living Abroad Let Me Escape The Rat Race At 29
What if you could retire years, or even decades earlier, by moving to a place where each dollar you save goes...
Pauline Paquin March 22, 2016 Blog