FIRE FUBAR – REALITY & RISK TOLERANCE IN EARLY RETIREMENT PLANNING

I AM OTHER PEOPLE Over the course of my lifetime, I have learned many important things. One of which, in my experience, is that most folks truly believe that bad things only happen to other people. The second is that I am other people. Don’t get me wrong here, I’ve lead a fairly charmed life …

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 …