- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
How to Spend Less Time at Work
Any night of the week in Nashville, TN, you can visit local bars to hear live music. I don’t mean the fun but Disney-esque Broadway...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
Therapy and Counseling
Therapy is particularly stigmatized among the FIRE community. For a community who prides itself on being self-sufficient, resilient, and...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Fear
One of my favorite football movies is The Replacements. In it, a collection of non-professional athletes are brought in as substitutes...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
Volunteering
Have you tried unsuccessfully to volunteer? There’s widespread misconception that volunteering is both easy and an easy way to alleviate...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
Introduction to Live FIRE Better
Reading the pages of the online FIRE community’s most successful author-entrepreneurs, one might have the sense that FIRE is similar to...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
Communities
Humans are a social species with varying needs for interaction. My mom, for example, loved spending cold winter days alone watching...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
Idleness
One of the biggest challenges of FIRE is occupying “work time”. I’d posit that idleness is no longer a culturally acceptable state of...
- May 31, 2022
- 2 min
Mental Health
Mental health is rarely spoken about in FIRE circles. Rather, it’s regularly discussed as a solution to burnout and dissatisfaction among...
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
Self Help
Self-guided motivation is what most FIRE practitioners have done throughout their lives. It can offer the benefit of the other forms of...
- May 31, 2022
- 2 min
Returning to Work
Do you find yourself wanting to return to work? My dad worked 60 hours every week until he retired. He was thrilled when he was finally...
- May 31, 2022
- 2 min
Escape
Do you dream of escaping, packing up your family, moving abroad, and adopting the life of a (digital) nomad? Periodically, I’m pulled to...