job security Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/job-security/ Funding the Adventurous Life Sun, 13 Mar 2022 23:30:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 job security Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/job-security/ 32 32 150809980 EP 25: Erich Purpur: What is the “Good Life?” https://clippingchains.com/2022/03/14/ep-25-erich-purpur/ https://clippingchains.com/2022/03/14/ep-25-erich-purpur/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=8381 Today on episode 25 let’s give a hot stew welcome to climber and all-around curious guy, Erich Purpur. Erich works in the university system in Virginia, finding time in the margins to climb up to V10 and 5.13c. Recently, Erich is beginning to envision a potential life of financial independence. But achieving financial independence may …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/03/14/ep-25-erich-purpur/feed/ 0 8381 Your Questions Answered: Volume One https://clippingchains.com/2021/02/08/questions-vol1/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/02/08/questions-vol1/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6498 This week I decided to dig through my emails and finish answering some questions. In this post we take another look at investing now vs later, the dynamics of financial independence without retiring early, housing and home ownership, more on day trading and investing apps, what the hell I do with my time, and much …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/02/08/questions-vol1/feed/ 2 6498 BREAKING: I (Sort Of) Quit My Job https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/10/breaking-i-sort-of-quit-my-job/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/10/breaking-i-sort-of-quit-my-job/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3452 WHOOAA!! Yes, it’s true. By the time you are reading this, I have finished my last day in Corporate America, facing an uncertain future. We have achieved financial independence, perhaps reaching a new pinnacle of unrelatability. I have no job, and I have no plans for a job. The story of how this came to …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/10/breaking-i-sort-of-quit-my-job/feed/ 20 3452 Chasing Your Dreams is Probably a Bad Idea https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/16/chasing-your-dreams-is-probably-a-bad-idea/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/16/chasing-your-dreams-is-probably-a-bad-idea/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:00:56 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=2835 When it comes to jobs and careers, parents the world over tell their children more-or-less the same message: you can do anything you want in life. Follow your dreams, and the rest will work out in the end. Of course, those same parents leave early each morning to go to a job that — as …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/16/chasing-your-dreams-is-probably-a-bad-idea/feed/ 3 2835 Job Security: Our Catalyst to Financial Independence https://clippingchains.com/2019/05/20/job-security-the-catalyst/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/05/20/job-security-the-catalyst/#comments Mon, 20 May 2019 13:00:15 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=2043 There are many reasons why people choose to pursue financial independence. And then of course, financial independence isn’t for everyone. Some folks experience discontent in their jobs, some want to spend more time with their children, and some want a life of international slow-travel across the globe. The list goes on. For us, this journey …

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