Long Game is a new startup company based out of San Francisco that is encouraging users to save more money by making a game out of the saving experience. Instead of a boring flat interest rate like most savings accounts offer (although you get that too!), you are rewarded with coins for saving money and keeping […]
Category: The Metagame
My New Favorite Everyday Spend Credit Card – 2.5% Back Everywhere
Regardless of our attempt to put all of our spending towards signup bonuses, there will always be extra spend in-between new credit cards that we can’t fit into a 5% bonus category. I recently went into great detail on how we distributed our spend across credit cards last year to earn an average 14% back, but part […]
T-Mobile Followup – International Features Worked Great and Our First Bill Breakdown
In my most recent post, I described the process we went through switching our mobile phones from AT&T to T-Mobile. This post is a followup with how the service has been performing for us, both in the US and on our recent trip to Spain. I also take a look at the first bill we […]
Our Experience Switching From AT&T to T-Mobile
There are plenty of different reasons someone might want to switch phone carriers: cost, data, coverage, features, and more. My wife and I have been on an AT&T plan together for the past 5 years or so, and haven’t really changed the plan since then. When we first joined a plan together, I was able to apply a […]
Meet Your Goals Efficiently By Tracking Them
Anyone who has the goal of improving their financial situation should at least be tracking their spending. Without knowing where the money goes once it gets into your accounts, it becomes extremely difficult to set realistic goals for yourself and build wealth over time. We use a combination of Mint and Excel to track all […]
Reviewing Our 2016 Expenses
The past year is getting further away in the rear-view, but won’t completely disappear out of sight until we’ve at least filed our taxes in a couple months. This is a good time to look over last year’s expenses to see where all of our money went and look ahead to see if there’s any […]
Random Musings as 2016 Comes to a Close
I haven’t published a post in a while, so I thought I’d close out 2016 with a few things that are on my mind at the end of the year. Expect my high level thoughts on our spending, credit cards, financial independence, and more.
Addition By Subtraction: We Love Getting Rid of Stuff!
A little more than a year after we moved into our house, certain parts started to feel a little cluttered. Considering that only two of us (plus a dog) were currently living in a 3 bedroom house, this was quite alarming! Apparently, all of the stuff we owned was multiplying at an unsustainable rate that would […]
Off To FinCon 2016 in San Diego!
As I’ve mentioned previously, Becky and I will be attending FinCon this year in San Diego. We fly down today and will be in and around the conference up until Sunday! I’m looking forward to seeing people again that I’ve met in the past and hopefully meeting some awesome new people at the conference and various […]
Early Retirement Cash Flow With The Roth IRA Conversion Ladder
Most people exploring financial independence and early retirement quickly arrive at a similar question: “How do I access the money I’m saving away between early retirement and traditional retirement age?” It’s one of the most common questions I see in the early retirement community and a very important one to understand the answer to if you […]