I feel very fortunate to have Brad Barrett guest post for me today about a topic I love – travel hacking. If you’re not familiar, travel hacking isn’t illegal and doesn’t have anything to do with computer hacking. It’s a side-hobby that you can use to travel for free. I’ll let Brad, a CPA, blogger, [Continue Reading]
Simplicity: An Uncommon Path to Freedom
On July 4, 1845, an eccentric and unconventional 27-year-old began a two-year experiment in simplicity. The man’s name was Henry David Thoreau, and the location of his experiment was on the shore of Walden Pond outside of Concord, Massachusetts. On a 14 acre parcel of land owned by his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau built [Continue Reading]
Mini-Retirement: How to Retire Before You’re Ready
When will you retire or reach financial independence? I think most of us would be happy retiring (or having the option) sooner rather than later. The problem, of course, is that even with acceleration strategies it takes time to accumulate enough savings to support ourselves without having to work. Fortunately, there is another way to view [Continue Reading]
Why I Keep My Business Small and Simple
In January of 2008 my business partner and I faced a significant fork in the road. Path #1: Stay small, grow slowly, and keep it simple. Path #2: Get bigger, grow faster, and become more complicated. Almost 5 years later, I’m very happy to say we chose path #1: a small and simple business, or [Continue Reading]