Vicki Robin

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?

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.

No. Not yet

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

Have you gotten them yet?

Have you gotten them yet?

huh?

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]

Join the facebook your money or your life community

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]

That sounds great! And an inspiring example of what I was getting at in the post.

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.

How wonderful to see you show up here Joseph! I’m trying a variety of ways to shine a light on what seems missing for me in the FIRE formulation which focuses on hyper savings and hyper earning for a finite period of time (as with YMOYL) but is largely mum about the fulfillment and alignment questions and any encouragement to imagine what one will…[Read more]

Hi Brian I am saying withdraw your 4% per FIRE common wisdom and plan to earn additional income using 1% of your nest egg as a guideline and then plan to tithe time equal to another 1% of your nest egg. It’s a way to say that we will likely work for money post FI to keep creative and will surely work for love as well. We don’t just walk out of a…[Read more]

Involuntary FIRE. as in fired! from a job or from health. so much of this is about attitude and generating options no matter what. Great idea to ask for stories about this topic