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Fernweh – A Longing for Travel and Places Unseen

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5 min read. Financial Independence, Blog, adamfortuna, Mindfulness. 6 Comments

I came across an interesting word the other day: fernweh. Fernweh is a German that has no exact English translation. The closest equivalent would likely be wanderlust – a desire and longing for somewhere else. The full translation would be something like this:

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June 2019 Goals, Investments & Spending – Running, Camping, Focusing, Sleep No More

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14 min read. Personal, Blog, Minafi, Canonical. 13 Comments

Every month I share a quick recap of what happened over the last 31 days. In these posts, I share a bunch of details – what’s going on in my life, progress towards goals I’m working on, a breakdown of our spending over the last month and a look at our investments.

I absolutely love reading this kind of insight for others. It was one of the things that started to make it clear how people go about retiring early, what they focus their time on and how investing changing over time. My hope is that others will get equal value from my takeaways.

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My Four Phases of Financial Independence

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11 min read. Personal, Investing, Blog, Minafi, Canonical. 6 Comments

Inspired by Gwen from Fiery Millennials and Stop Ironing Shirts, I thought I’d share my route to financial independence – split up by the four phases that got me here.

As a primer on this – I retired at age 36, just 6 months ago. I was extremely fortunate to have a life that enabled that kind of lifestyle transition at such an early age. This post details how it was possible.

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6 Thoughts After 6 Months of Early Retirement

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8 min read. Blog, Minafi, Canonical, Personal, Financial Independence. 8 Comments

As I’m getting used to post-work life I’ve been trying to keep track of what’s surprised me or been unexpected about the transition. These have all been good problems – how to eke out more happiness, productivity, mental or physical health from the same days.

I shared some of these after one month, then again after 3 months into my post-work life. Today I’m digging into 6 whole months off (I can’t believe it’s been that long already).

At the top of Mount Olympus in Salt Lake City at 9,000 ft up.
Me at the top of Mount Olympus signing the guest book (stored in a mailbox).
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Where Are You on the FIRE Spectrum?

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6 min read. Financial Independence, Blog, Minafi, Canonical. 7 Comments

Everyone has a unique relationship with money and a distinct path to retirement. These range from people who never work a day in their lives to those who never retire. There are always going to be people who build wealth faster than you and others that are on a slower path.

In other words, there’s a spectrum of people who pursue FIRE.

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May Goals, Investments and Spending – Running, Hiking and Enjoying Time Outside

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18 min read. Personal, Blog, Minafi, Canonical. 2 Comments

Every month I share a quick recap of what happened over the last 31 days. In these posts, I share a bunch of details – what’s going on in my life, progress towards goals I’m working on, a breakdown of our spending over the last month and a look at our investments.

I absolutely love reading this kind of insight for others. It was one of the things that started to make it clear how people go about retiring early, what they focus their time on and how investing changing over time. My hope is that others will get equal value from my takeaways.

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