Credit Card Debt I fell in love. Hard. I can still see it in my mind and often tell the story of the first time I saw the girl I eventually married. By the way, she proposed to me. But that’s a story for another time. This is a […]

When I walked outside, the heat and humidity smacked me in the face. However, I faced the balmy late summer Florida morning because the love of my life wanted me to help her hang a wind chime off the balcony that sat over our front porch. Sometimes the “honey-dos” are […]

And there you have it… THE question most are asking when they start reading this site. “How much money do I need to retire?” Actually and unfortunately, it’s not the real question they (you) are likely asking. The real question people ask is more clear with the change of one […]

  When I tell you what is one of the best way to not spend money, I’m probably going to make many of you mad or at the very least frustrated. It’s not personal. I don’t mean to make you mad. I do mean to challenge your assumptions and the […]

You need to lower data use on your mobile phone. The price I see advertised for cell phone service with data plans is mind-boggling. I know I’m weird, but I just can’t seem to understand why people pay so much for it or why they use so much of it. […]

If you want to help yourself make wise purchases, one of the best rules of thumb is to delay everything. Delay every purchase, but especially delay buying those things you want to buy that are beyond your basic needs. Another big FIREHack is to be able to differentiate between your […]

The path to financial independence didn’t really have to start off as a path. If you or I would have started with a little more forethought or listened to those around us, we may have never found ourselves in the clutches of debt or credit. No sense in lamenting the […]

FIREhacking.com is all about financial independence and the option to retire early. One way we often write about that fast-tracks your ability to achieve it is to move to a country that supports a better life at substantially less costs. In many cases you can live on half to a […]