*This blog initially was published on Career Gappers as a guest post. One of the most encouraging recent trends in the workforce is more people abandoning the “9-5, work-until-you’re-65” concept. With enhancements in technology, we are no longer forced into the traditional corporate structure. You can now build your career so you can work when[…]
Top 5 Blog Posts Of 2020
With 2020 wrapping up, there have been a lot of ways your financial life has been impacted. We had the Coronavirus stock market crash which was the first >20% decline in the stock market since 2009. We had the CARES Act pass in late March with several important financial provisions, including the creation of the[…]
How To Plan Your Finances To Break Away From Your 9-5 Job
Have you ever dreamed of controlling your schedule? Do you feel chained by the 9-5 corporate structure? Are you considering making the leap to work for yourself? I have led numerous clients through life planning exercises to help them articulate what their ideal life would look like if money wasn’t an obstacle. There has been[…]
How Should You Be Thinking About Financial Freedom During This Crisis?
The concept of financial freedom continues to gain popularity – either through the FIRE movement or people abandoning the work-until-you’re-65 mentality. However, it can be unnerving during times like this. The market has fallen sharply, our economy is heading for (if not already in) a recession and your income may be unstable right now. We[…]
An Overview Of FIRE And A More Practical Approach To It
The FIRE movement continues to rapidly gain popularity. If you aren’t familiar with it yet, get familiar. FIRE stands for Financially Independent, Retire Early. This concept first became popular from Vicki Robbin’s book Your Money or Your Life. This book talks about how people sacrifice time in the endless pursuit of money. This explains the[…]
How To Ditch The Work-Until-You’re-65 Mentality
The idea of retirement is rapidly changing. When you speak to millennials and Gen Xers, they aren’t motivated by retirement. They think of retirement is a “deferred life plan” – why wait until you’re age 65 to start living the life you always dreamed of? The “9 to 5, work-until-you’re-65” path is not desirable anymore.[…]
3 Major Money Decisions That Change When You Never Retire
We live in very different times than our parents. The economy is so interconnected and technology provides the opportunity for us to work when we want, where we want and how we want – as long as we have enough money to support our living expenses. While we should respect the journey our parents went[…]