FRUGALICIOUS
Fates on Frugality. This is what makes me “Frugalicious.”
THE CONSUMER CAROUSEL’S CRASS CORNUCOPIA
Fate explores the consumer mania of Black Friday and overall profligate spending of American’s during the holiday season and exposes the awkward paradox of the FIRE community, but can he resist the lure of becoming a seasonal spendthrift himself?
OUR CULTURE OF IMPATIENCE IS A CONTAGION
FIRE Aethernaut, Mr. Fate, explores the global pandemic of impatience – a near-ubiquitous cultural contagion by examining its origins, implications, and mitigating strategies for the FIRE aspirant.
A SIDE HUSTLE THAT SAVES LIVES
Mr. Fate reveals his experiment to start a social enterprise as a side hustle to save lives. On October 3, 2016 my best friend died. Our paths crossed about seven years earlier and, from the moment we first met, we quickly became extremely close to the point of being inseparable. We were together pretty much …
A REPOSITORY FULL OF HOPE – LITERACY IS THE ULTIMATE FREEDOM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME So, today is my birthday. Which one, specifically, is irrelevant. Let’s just say that a 20-year-old me would summarily dismiss me as an antiquated, decrepit man while a 60-year-old me would certainly make a Faustian bargain to gain what he would consider my boundless youth and vigor. In any event, I …
A REPOSITORY FULL OF HOPE – LITERACY IS THE ULTIMATE FREEDOM
LOSE YOUR ILLUSION – GET RICH BY PAYING ATTENTION
You are, at this exact moment, likely, categorically convinced that you are observing an authentic image of the world directly in front of your very eyes and no one can tell you differently. Despite these extremely crisp and vivid depictions, the unnerving reality is that your objective ability to detect changes and to truly “see” …
THE TOTAL BLACKOUT PROJECT
THE TOTAL BLACKOUT PROJECT – A MONTH WITHOUT A SCREEN: INTO THE AETHER While you are keenly aware of the fact that much of your waking life is spent engaging with technology in some fashion, you’ve never had the inclination, or even the wherewithal, to actually track it. This is likely a function of the …