Mr. Tako's Adventures in Early Retirement (with Kids)
As much as it pains me to admit it, my father was right all along. For as long as I can remember, he’s been the kind of guy to “do-it-all” himself.
While most people might hire out work to a contractor, not my father. He was a die-hard do-it-yourselfer…
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Getting a big dividend check has to be one of the best parts about investing. It’s certainly one of my favorites! Nothing makes me feel more like a King than when the dividend checks come rolling in.
While I haven’t done a specific post on dividends yet, today’s the day! People are usually amazed at the size of our dividend income when I report it every month. Last year our dividend income exceeded $100,000. That was a pretty great year.
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Waste is an evil word. Anyone on The Road to financial independence should absolutely hate waste. Waste is your hard earned money getting thrown out with last week’s trash. I personally despise waste, and try to eliminate it wherever possible.
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You’re being manipulated.
Believe it or not, you’re being influenced to spend more than you really should. Ever wonder why at the end of the month you just haven’t saved quite as much as you wanted? Behavioral psychologists have been researching human behavior for decades …
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Not having a job gives me a lot of time to think. Sit and think. Walk and think. Cook and think….there’s just a lot more time in my day for thinking.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what makes me different financially from all the other humans in my social sphere…
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I didn’t start out life with money. My roots were pretty humble. Grandpa Tako (my father) worked blue-collar jobs his whole life, and Grandma Tako (my mother) worked as a low-paid office worker (sometimes a secretary, or administrative assistant). We didn’t have a lot, but it was enough….
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Summer is in full swing, and temperatures have finally risen above 70F here in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve heard rumours that the rest of the nation is encountering record heat levels, but we’re having a cooler than usual summer. Record temperatures? Hardly!
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Today’s lack of post is brought to you by the letter “V”…. as in “vacation”. As in “I’m taking a vacation today!”
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The search for more time is like a quest that never ends. Everybody searches for more time, but few find it. It could even be the very reason you’re reading this website. The search financial independence is the search for more time. Our time is limited, and yet we freely trade most of our waking hours for money. Money that only exists as 1’s and 0’s in a computer server somewhere…
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