24 Years Of Military Retirement… And Surfing
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24 Years Of Military Retirement… And Surfing
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#military #sot #MilitaryLife #vets #milfam #milspouse @MilitaryOfficer @MOAA_MilLife
Your Millionaire Interview-- yes, you!
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Dementia among your family or friends… or in your finances.
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#FinancialIndependence
Updated with new related links:
“In-service Roth Thrift Savings Plan Conversions”
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Yes! Not only has my #military pension grown 82.4% in 23 years, but three of those years were a zero COLA...
We humans intuitively extrapolate compounding geometrically, not the exponential reality. There's also not many 85-year-olds posting about 23 years of Social Security COLAs after age 62.
“But, But, But Nords, You Have A Pension!”
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I tremendously enjoyed talking with Ron Arceo at Ignite Funding on the new “What’s Your Investment?” podcast. We cover reaching #FinancialIndependence in the #military (real estate? index funds?) along with frugality vs deprivation. Ron’s a local, too: surfing!
#milspouse #milfam #vets #sot
In-service Roth Thrift Savings Plan Conversions
https://themilitarywallet.com/leave-active-duty-for-reserves/
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To nobody’s surprise, here’s my keyword cloud for 2025:
The Millionaire Money Mentors forum is open for the first time in a year.
I joined over five years ago, and it’s changed my life. I also wrote my Millionaire Interview and I stay active on the forum, so my membership is now free. Yours could be too.
esimoney.com/millionaire-...
ESIMoney sells memberships in the Millionaire Money Mentors forum (for the first time in a year) on Black Friday.
It’s the best forum I’ve joined in 30 years. I’ve learned life lessons (& saved tens of thousands of dollars). No trolls, no scammers, no spammers.
esimoney.com/happy-thanks...
The 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate isn’t guaranteed to last for more than 30 years, but failures are rare! Learn more about it here, and boost your financial resilience for #FinancialIndependence.
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Now that Veterans Day is over and Black Friday approaches… how did you decide what you wanted?
Are you still trading too much life energy for “free”?
Are you still feeling the emotions of the scarcity mentality?
Do you have a mental goal of “enough”?
“Why yes, yes I am really retired.”
ChatGPT (and ESIMoney) agree.
An update on the Perpetual Internet Debate about what retirement really means.
esimoney.com/how-institut...
#military #milspouse #milfam #sot #vets
Speaking of Veterans Day, CFP Daniel Kopp has updated his gigantic guide to #military and #vets educational benefits:
buff.ly/B40mKMZ
This applies to #milspouses and families as well!
It’s the most comprehensive summary I’ve ever seen, and I learned a few details.
The tripwire of the 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate is your chance to change your life-- not just go FI.
Working for "just one more year" is burning life energy (which you might not have) for more money (which you will not need).
Cut your work hours, or go remote, or change your job/career. But no OMYS!
What's scarier than losing a workplace identity?
Not planning for a life after career-- or even dying on the job.
If you can reach #FinancialIndependence, then you can figure out how to evolve into your new identity after the #military and other careers.
I just spent a CampFI weekend with 60 fellow money nerds, reviewing our #FinancialIndependence plans and our life transitions.
Then another Millionaire Money Mentor wrote about hers. I’ve learned a lot from her over the last five years on that forum, and you can too:
esimoney.com/transitions-...
You #military veterans: what are your three life lessons from your service?
Oh, and the rest of that episode covers the tactics of saving & investing for military #FinancialIndependence.
#milspouse #milfam #vets #sot
You #military #vets already know the answer to this one.
Oh, and #FinancialIndependence gives you choices, even in an all-volunteer force.
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Besides the blog posts, we go into details in our book "Raising Your Money-Savvy Family For Next Generation #FinancialIndependence."
Check your local public (or #military base) library for print, eBook, and audio editions.
www.amazon.com/Raising-Mone...
Earning was how she saved up for the expensive toys. After finishing her chores we'd pay [$age/hour] for washing cars, yardwork, painting, and other age-appropriate tasks. As a teen she learned (supervised) plumbing & electrical.
In high school she worked part-time at a Kumon center!
Book review: "You're On Your Own". #military, #sot, #MilitaryLife, #vets, #milfam, #militaryretirement, #milspouse
Parent's letter to an 18-year-old: #military, #sot, #MilitaryLife, #vets, #milfam, #militaryretirement, #milspouse
A money-smart kid:#military, #sot, #militarymon, #MilitaryLife, #vets, #honorvets, #militaryretirement, #earlyretirement
Here's an #military excerpt from a #FinancialIndependence episode with Chris at #Financipation. We had a great talk about building wealth, even if you did it with a lower-paying career and a high savings rate.
In the full episode, we dive a lot deeper!
#milfam #milspouse #sot #vets
Questions About Medicare + Tricare? We Have Answers:
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Full episode at that link.
Try before you buy: check your local public library (or #military base library) to find "Raising Your Money-Savvy Family For Next Generation Financial Independence"... in all three formats.
The audiobook is recorded in our voices, including JL Collins on his foreword!
This is one of the most enjoyable podcast episodes I've ever recorded. (And I've guested on a lot of podcasts.) It came out of a chance meeting with Chris at FinCon24.
Here's an excerpt, with a link to the one-hour episode.
#FinancialIndependence #military #milspouse #sot #milfam
