Funding the Adventurous Life
“Should I Quit My Job for Climbing?”
I get some form of this question from time to time.
“Hi Mr. CC. I really don’t like my job and I think I’ve saved enough for a road trip. What do you think about leaving this job and traveling for a year or more? Will an extended road trip hurt my finances?”
Well…let’s take a look.
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We now find ourselves approaching the mid-year point of 2021. So, how about we check in on those simple, yet highly effective methods for actually saving real money? I’m taking a break from my typical long-form post while we travel, so hopefully you’ll find this one straight and to the point.
Continue reading “Mid-Year Financial Check & All the Latest”
Hi, how are you? I’ve been doing some traveling by plane. After a 15-month hiatus from the grind, I found refreshment in some good-ole’-fashioned civilization this week. Apologies for the departure, but you will find no tips about finances or rock climbing today. This is an essay on the inherent ridiculousness of human nature and the forgotten joys of plane travel.
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Life has been good lately, which I correlate with the general sense of hope in the air. I thought this week would be a good opportunity to just check in and talk about life, and uncomfortably for me, my own climbing. After all, aren’t we pursuing financial wellness as part of a broader plan for a life well lived? What is that, anyway? And have we struck the balance lately?
Let’s see.
Continue reading “Lately: Is Hope Really in the Air?”
Good morning. My ankle is doing much better. Sorry to alarm some of you with last week’s post. The photo was bad, but I’m fairly certain it’s only a sprain. Much more importantly, this week I want to welcome Eliza Marsh.
In this week’s interview, we discuss how Eliza has balanced a career with extended travel, and some of her unexpected surprises of life on the road. We examine how she manages full-time remote work, and how she recently stumbled on a new and exciting path towards saving for financial independence, which she rightfully recognizes as a great privilege. Perhaps most importantly, we’ll see how Eliza has completely reframed her mindset around money, her future, and how she plans to use this great gift of financial freedom.
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This week’s post is not about ways to save money or plan for a retirement. There’s not even much here about climbing. I spent some time alone this week, and as such, fell (pun intended) into a bit more of a contemplative mood. This is an essay on wild places, loneliness, and the compounding emotional effects of night. Finally, and perhaps unexpectedly, we examine the continued relevance of the death of Chris McCandless in the Alaskan wilderness.
Continue reading “Fear and Limping (Alone) in Las Vegas”
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 more.
Here is what is keeping you guys up at night, or at least spurring mild curiosity.
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We’ve been back in a house for just over a month, which feels like a good time to reflect on our five-month 2020 life on the road.
We’ve all heard the myriad benefits of a life of full-time travel: a new and ever-changing environment, chasing good weather, meeting new people, and abundant nature. And certainly, we’ve seen all the photos. But with this sense of freedom comes some significant trade-offs in comfort, ease of living, work productivity, and sometimes even freedom itself.
Does life on the road live up to all the social media hype? How about the costs? What type of vehicles, vans, or RVs are even affordable?
Here’s what to expect:
Continue reading “The Simple and Complicated Life on the Road”
So…2020. To say this year has been unusual, trying, or downright depressing at times would be…well…a start. On any given year, some of us will suffer. All of us will face tough times to some degree. This year, well, we all took one on the chin.
But with so much change, certainly there were some silver linings, no?
Today we reflect on a trying, yet eventful year. How does it feel to be living history in real time?
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After years of planning, overanalyzing, and thinking too much, in July we listed our house in Denver for sale and hit the road. Our goal was to spend up to a year traveling in search of our next home base. Five months later and we are back to the game of home ownership again.
In this post we examine the unexpected location of our new home, the current home buying environment, and a hard look at whether current mortgage interest rates are the final incentive to jump into home ownership. Should you consider home ownership right now?
In our minds, we always assumed we’d end up back in Flagstaff, Arizona, where we both lived a decade ago while I attended graduate school.
Well, it didn’t turn out that way. So, where are you going to come visit us?
Continue reading “And We’re Back to Home Ownership! But Why Now?”