Category Archives: Finance

Directly related to any phase of finance, e.g. future planning, expense tracking, thoughts on the spending habits of others.

Home Ownership: A Retrospective and Beyond

Posted on December 18, 2015 by livafi

My wife and sold our home in early 2015, and we did it mostly to enable us to comfortably quit our jobs.

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How to Think About Market Downturns

Posted on September 1, 2015 by livafi

I was working through my personal mid-year financial evaluation this week, only to discover there’s been something close to panic in the global markets of late.

Posted in CurrentLife, Finance, FutureLife | 40 Comments

Taking a Gap Year

Posted on August 4, 2015 by livafi

I’ve recently realized that I should have taken significant time away from work prior to retiring instead of slogging straight through my career since graduating from university, 1999 to 2015, with hardly a letup. Why have I come to this conclusion?  What … Continue reading →

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Top Zero Things I Learned From a Financial Planner

Posted on January 27, 2015 by livafi

Last week, I met with a certified financial planner (CFP) to discuss my impending early retirement.

Posted in CurrentLife, Finance, FutureLife | 24 Comments

November 2014 Expenses

Posted on November 29, 2014 by livafi

  Another month, another expense report.  This time it’s November.

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July 2014 Expenses

Posted on July 28, 2014 by livafi

  This month I’m crunching expenses a couple of days early.

Posted in Finance | 2 Comments

June 2014 Expenses

Posted on June 30, 2014 by livafi

Let’s take a relaxing breather from those uber-lengthy Job Experience posts and instead crunch some numbers for June.

Posted in Finance | 11 Comments

Steal This Blog

Posted on June 8, 2014 by livafi

A few people have asked me, via email, whether or not I’m generating any revenue from blogging.  So I’ll state, once and for the record, the truth on this.

Posted in Finance | 8 Comments

Drawdown Part 5: Validation

Posted on June 3, 2014 by livafi

We’ve made it.  Through careful analysis, data crunching, and charting, the SuperPlan has been validated.

Posted in Finance, FutureLife | 25 Comments

Drawdown Part 4 : Examples

Posted on May 28, 2014 by livafi

It’s time to take the results of our work in previous posts and run them through the meat grinder of time to see what sort of sausage comes out the other end. Will it be a tasty link of brat? … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, FutureLife | 28 Comments