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“I Quit” Is the Wrong Legacy (And Here’s a Better Future)

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Recently, I sent a mini-post to my newsletter subscribers about reclaiming financial independence as a tool for deeper engagement—using it to connect, create, and contribute instead of opting out. Today, I’m reflecting on your feedback. Listen to the Podcast I want to thank everyone who reached out last week to my newsletter mini-post. I like …

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David Champion: The Psychological Challenge Of Early Retirement

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0000

David Champion retired early at 53. In his own words, the first five years were “magnificent,” with endless opportunities for climbing and adventure. However, he knows the next five won’t come so easily. Introduction Retirement is often an ideal detached from reality. When overwhelmed by daily routines, it’s easy to imagine retirement as a stress-free …

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Four Years of Financial Independence: The Slow Growth

Mr. Clipping Chains — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

For four years I’ve watched something slowly bloom. In my old life, the “before time” you might call it, I moved from task to task. If I wasn’t working, I unknowingly made a practice of turning recreational or hobbyist pursuits into something that, from an outsider’s perspective, looked an awful lot like work. Goals and …

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QA12: Will A Life Of Financial Independence Meet Expectations?

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

We’re back to the digital mailbag to answer your questions! For this week: Submit Your Questions! I solicit questions from email subscribers of this website. First, become an email subscriber here, which also includes a FREE spending and net worth tracking spreadsheet: Subscribe for new posts and receive a FREE spreadsheet for tracking spending, income, …

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Facing the Rest of the World with a Nontraditional Lifestyle

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

When I left my corporate career in early 2020, I didn’t fully understand the ways that I would, in later years, slowly become decoupled and desynchronized from a society that values hustle, status, and self-worth generated to a large degree around our career titles. You’ll read the same thing repeatedly on the internet: Ignore the …

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QA11: Laying It Out in Simple Terms

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 06:00:00 +0000

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Mike Piper: Down To The Essence Of Smart Money Management

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Mike Piper is a CPA and the creator of the Oblivious Investor blog, where he teaches a philosophy of simple and low-maintenance investing. Mike’s simple philosophy distills down to three primary principles: Mike began his career as a CPA before realizing he could support himself by writing books. Surprisingly, he left his secure job during …

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Six Important Reasons to Reconsider Early Retirement

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 29 May 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Today on episode 65 I’m revisiting a post published almost exactly two years ago. At the time of writing, I’d been away from my corporate job for eighteen months. I spent six months of that time living in a tiny A-frame camper with my wife and dog before resettling in the St. George, Utah area. …

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Jeff and Priti Wright: You Might Need a Sabbatical

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 22 May 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Today on episode 64 I’m excited to welcome Priti and Jeff Wright, two accomplished young professional alpinists from Seattle, WA. In 2020, Priti, a software developer, and Jeff, a mechanical engineer at Boeing, embarked on a year-long sabbatical to travel across the globe and climb alpine objectives in Patagonia, France, and Pakistan, finishing by the …

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What You Need to Know About Financial Advisors with Chris Mamula

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Today on episode 60 I’m pleased to welcome back Chris Mamula, who you may recall from episode 3. Chris is a writer, author, and partner at CanIRetireYet.com, who achieved financial independence at age 41 to pursue a life centered around family and the outdoors. Beginning in early 2022, in search of a new challenge, Chris …

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