Start a Successful Blog in 2023
You want to learn how to start a blog (and make money), but have no idea how to begin? You’ve come to the right place. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you start a blog within a few minutes.
Refined By FIRE Blog
Financial Foreplay: 20 Money Questions to Safely Ask a Date
How to start money conversations and find your financial soulmate. A must-read before your next date. How to softly lead in to the money conversation and learn your partner’s financial IQ quickly before committing without your partner even noticing they started to talk about money.
Adopt a Minimalist Lifestyle to Improve Your Financial Life
Intro: I have been off backpacking through the Grayson Highlands on vacation this week getting back in touch with my stoic minimalist roots. In my place, I have a guest post about minimalism from...
Contribution Limits for Tax-Advantaged Accounts in 2020
Want to know what the 2020 contribution limits are for your favorite IRS tax-advantaged accounts? I have your ‘need to knows’ here for 2020 as you plan your tax hacks and savings goals for the coming year.
Getting Personal with Mr. Refined: 7 Interview Questions
Single, millennial foster father picks himself up out of the ashes of tragedy with the prospect of retiring early in his 40s. How one man thieves after the threat of losing his job, home, kids and even life.
Who Is Mr. Refined?
After so many speaking roles my image is out there and I am fully ready to own it! This decision comes with a great breath of relief for a public-facing content creator.
Where White Man Went Wrong
Interview with Indian Chief Two Eagles Indian Chief, “Two Eagles,” was asked by a white government official, “You have observed the white man for 90 years. You’ve seen his wars and his technological advances....
Is the FIRE Burning Out? What’s Quenching the FIRE?
The burn out is real! It turns out balance is quite essential to live a healthy, sustainable and productive life. I let my will power to overcome, overcome the sustainability of a long-distance marathon known as the journey to financial independence.
Doubt Kills More Dreams Than Failure Ever Will
Work precedes reward. When others lay down we lean in. The tallest man, is the one left standing when the others dropout or get knocked out. Defeat does not happen when you get knocked down it can only happen when you refuse to get back up.
Are You Playing to Win or Playing Not to Lose?
The other day I was playing chess with my eight-year-old son on one those giant boards with toddler-sized pieces when I realized that personal finance is like a game of chess. You could win in a few moves or it might take you thousands of moves before you get that checkmate.
