Vicki Robin
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, FI, FIRE and Covid-19; are we better set for this virus? 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Renee, can i share this on my facebook feed, with or without attribution. it’s a stellar example of what’s possible for anyone with applied consciousness and a capacity to weather ups and downs with foresight.
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, FI, FIRE and Covid-19; are we better set for this virus? 2 weeks, 3 days ago
well john in my book you do a lot of service to the FI community.
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Vicki Robin wrote a new post, FI, FIRE and Covid-19; are we better set for this virus? 2 weeks, 4 days ago
How are you responding to Covid-19? Where are you? What choices are you making? What difference does being financially independence make in your response? What about retiring early?
This post is to open the […]
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, Money Talk Cards (Available Now!) 2 weeks, 4 days ago
i am told by the publisher that it’s included. maybe there’s a link to click?
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, Money Talk Cards (Available Now!) 2 weeks, 4 days ago
i will check on this. sorry.
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, Money Talk Cards (Available Now!) 3 months ago
Sorry the cards are not available for overseas shipment. They are based on the questions in the 2018 edition of Your Money or Your Life. you can look through them, a few at the end of each chapter, and translate the ones you like into spanish. yes?
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, Financial Independence – What’s the point? 7 months ago
I hope you are right. I’ve met a lot of people on this path who are very clear about wanting out but not as clear about what they want to get into. What activities or pursuits will give them a sense of meaning, contribution and joy over the long haul.
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, Money Talk Cards (Available Now!) 9 months, 4 weeks ago
No. Not yet
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, Life on FIRE – what’s next for me, you and us 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Briefly on a fixed income post social security you can consider purchases as % if income ie is this worth 5% of my monthly income. Many ways to approach it do what works for you
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, Money Talk Cards (Available Now!) 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Have you gotten them yet?
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, Money Talk Cards (Available Now!) 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Have you gotten them yet?
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Vicki Robin wrote a new post, Life on FIRE – what’s next for me, you and us 1 year, 3 months ago
An open letter to the FIRE community,
Hello FIers everywhere – and all who’ve followed my work for years in some way or another.
I’m writing to celebrate you and the 2 years we’ve had together.
How ama […]
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Briefly on a fixed income post social security you can consider purchases as % if income ie is this worth 5% of my monthly income. Many ways to approach it do what works for you
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, The Financial Independence Ladder to Freedom 1 year, 3 months ago
huh?
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Vicki Robin wrote a new post, Freedom *from* Finances for the Holidays 1 year, 3 months ago
Hey, I know, as a writer about financial freedom I’m supposed to come up with a dozen ways to save money this season. I’ve cheerfully coughed these up for nearly 30 years, like a lone voice in the deluge of other […]
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Vicki Robin wrote a new post, The Financial Independence Ladder to Freedom 1 year, 4 months ago
A prominent spokesperson for F.I.R.E. “confessed” a strange phenomenon in his journey to having a million dollars in his investment account. He hit his “number” and now visits it in his online account and feels […]
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huh?
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, The 6% Rule for Financial Independence 1 year, 4 months ago
Thank you for “getting it”! It is a challenge to lift the eyes of people in the middle of their earning sprint to the opportunities of post FI, but it seems my best role in this movement. There are a thousand, at least, bloggers helping on the earning sprint. Few with the privilege of entertaining the “what makes life worth living?” question. And…[Read more]
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, The 6% Rule for Financial Independence 1 year, 4 months ago
Join the facebook your money or your life community
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, The 6% Rule for Financial Independence 1 year, 4 months ago
Well that is intriguing. Paid too much? Few would say that. I’m not suggesting you ever ever go back to doing something you hate for money once you’ve achieved FI, but many people do make money in their post FI years, sometimes accidentally doing what they love, sometimes to cover a shortfall or adapt to an unforeseen circumstance (like getting…[Read more]
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, The 6% Rule for Financial Independence 1 year, 4 months ago
That sounds great! And an inspiring example of what I was getting at in the post.
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Vicki Robin commented on the post, The 6% Rule for Financial Independence 1 year, 4 months ago
Thanks for this suggestion. I think I was making a good set of points in the wrong way because the 4% (or 3% or 3.5%) SWR is so foundational to the FIRE community. I’m going to try to remedy it with some edits and a wee introduction to the post.
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I am an Old Asocial Fogey. As an OAF, the title of an old play came to mind when all this started, “Stop the World – I want to Get Off”. I am so grateful to be retired and have been for a couple years now. My wife, who continues to work, is worried that I am borderline agoraphobic because I have stepped off and have been happily watching the world go by. So, I guess I am naturally self-quarantining or self-isolating, your pick.
Your “There’s a dark side to FI and FIRE when society gets rattled. We develop a learned selfishness in the hyper-saving years” _stings_ a bit because it hits a little too close to home.
I do expend quit a bit of time and energy in a little corner of the internet helping (I hope) people realize what their “enough” is. But, there is more I could do for those around me. And being an OAF, helping folks from afar is really satisfying. But, I could give more,locally both monetarily (not a whole lot more – I’m LeanFire) and temporally.
It’s just that I have become so damn happy not being chained to an income producing job. Like you,we own our home and vehicles free and clear and we have no debt whatsoever. I love not having a schedule, working at things that truly interest me, working at my own pace, and hanging around the house with my dogs. While I don’t particularly enjoy cooking, laundry, and cleaning doing these things gives my wife & I more quality time on the weekends (she calls me her house-elf).
If being happy here in my little hidey-hole watching the world go by is selfish then I’m guilty. I guess I could ease that guilt by looking for opportunities around me to which I can contribute with being *too* uncomfortable.
well john in my book you do a lot of service to the FI community.
Renee, can i share this on my facebook feed, with or without attribution. it’s a stellar example of what’s possible for anyone with applied consciousness and a capacity to weather ups and downs with foresight.