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Where Are You On The Minimalist Living Spectrum?

Written by Adam on November 16, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
5 min read. Minimalism, Blog. 7 Comments

I’m currently going through everything in my house and preparing for a move out west. This involves transitioning from a 1,700 square foot house with a garage to a 2-bedroom apartment out there. It also means going from having a yard (and everything to maintain it) to a small patio. We’ll no longer have an attic to store things in, and now only have a hallway closet. For us, this means slimming down our already sparse house quite a bit more. We’re starting to figure out just how different the idea of minimalist living means depending on where you’re living.

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The Real Cost of LASIK Eye Surgery – Is It Worth it?

Written by Adam on November 8, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
9 min read. Personal, Blog. 17 Comments

On Thursday, June 23, 2011 at about 11:30am, I had LASIK. It took years of coming to terms with the idea that if something failed I may end up blind for the rest of my life. Having come through the procedure successfully, and with practically no issues whatsoever so far, I wanted to give a basic heads up on what’s involved in having LASIK, and what you should expect based on my experiences. The monetary cost of LASIK is steep, but in my experience, it’s well worth it.

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Data Says the Millennial Early Retirement Age is 40 – Here’s How They Could Do It

Written by Adam on November 6, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
6 min read. Canonical, Blog, Data, Interactive, Financial Independence, Minimalism. 16 Comments

I started diving into the data from The Interactive Guide to Early Retirement and Financial Independence recently, and have been finding some surprising results. The most interesting to me was around the millennial early retirement age and how it compares to other generations. I’ll be digging into much more over the coming months, so consider this a bit of a preview for now.

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October / November 2017 Goals & Moving Announcement!

Written by Adam on November 1, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
6 min read. Personal, Goals, Blog. 18 Comments

Every month I review how I did during my last month and plan out my focus for the next month. This is a follow-up to my previous post, August / September 2017 Personal Goals & Review. Since I do these goal posts monthly, you might want to read them all by checking out the goals category.

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My FinCon 2017: Accidental Connections, Beer & Memories

Written by Adam on October 30, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
10 min read. Canonical, Blog, Personal. 34 Comments

A few months ago in June, I re-started writing about money online here at Minafi. It’s a topic I’ve enjoyed reading about year after year, and I thought it was one that I could sink my teeth into for years and still be interested (hopefully – we’ll see on that). What I wasn’t expecting was an amazing community of finance bloggers, writers, podcasters and other media! This was clear in the way the community itself interacts, but it was put over the top this week at FinCon 2017 in Dallas, Texas.

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Build Focus with Roosevelt Dashes

Written by Adam on October 23, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
3 min read. Goals, Canonical, Blog. 4 Comments

Looking back at Theodore Roosevelt’s 60 years of activity, it’s easy to see him as larger than life. In that time he went to Columbia Law and Harvard, fought in the Spanish American War as a Colonel, was governor of New York, and became the youngest president ever at 42 after McKinley was assassinated. Somehow in that time, he was also able to write 40 published books! One of the reasons for his productivity is now famous Roosevelt Dashes.

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