EVERY FAREWELL A NEW BEGINNING

As Mr. Fate prepares to relocate to the Washington countryside, he reflects back on 25 years of surviving life in the stucco killing fields of Southern California. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED & HOW DID I GET HERE? As I sit here writing this with only a few weeks left living here in Southern California, my …

SILENCE IS SEXY – A CASE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL ARBITRAGE IN EARLY RETIREMENT

Mr. Fate examines the oft overlooked notion of psychological arbitrage, specifically as a component of geographic arbitrage, in the context of early retirement. I currently happen to live in the the 2nd largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States. As of 2019, Southern California is home to over 24,122,237 residents and continues to grow …