Now that Your Money or Your Life 2018 has been launched, now that there are nearly 60K books in stores and warehouses, now that this platform is humming and the Facebook community is growing and I've mingled with hundreds of FIers at conferences and retreats,...
In the heyday of Your Money or Your Life's original best-seller status, Joe rarely made public appearances. He agreed to join me in 1993, though, for a talk to 200 people at the venerable Elliot Bay Bookstore in Pioneer Square in our hometown, Seattle. He...
Call this post: FI 2.0. Or maybe 3.0. One of the most radical and overlooked ideas in Your Money or Your Life comes in Chapter 7. The job of that Chapter is to have you realize that a “job” is not the only, best, most legitimate, most respectable...
There's one section of the new edition of Your Money or Your Life that was taken out by my editor that now seems so relevant to me: the effect of race, class and gender on our financial prospects. Mind you, people from a hotel maid to...
While some of the examples here might seem antiquated, the principles are rock solid. According to the Ecological Footprint, one of the best ways to lower your impact on the resources of the earth is to buy less, live in smaller places, enjoy non-material fun...
This post was adapted from the original 1992 Edition of Your Money or Your Life. After our reflection on frugality based on the 1998 Miriam Webster Dictionary, the chapter goes on to a hierarchy of strategies for saving money, from the “one sure way” to many...
In 2008 I sadly bid farewell to the original Chapter 6 in Your Money or Your Life as so many of the hints and tips seemed from a bygone era, before computers, before the Web, before smart phones, even before Joe and I settled in...
Summarized (with care and dedication) by editor Clare Moss with Laurence Toltz to introduce people to the nine-step program in Your Money or Your Life.It is based on the original book so How this book came about This book is not based on theory, good ideas or a...