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Spreading Financial Independence Awareness

April 9, 2019 by Ty Roberts 1 Comment

Can you believe that it’s almost International Financial Independence Day?!

Do you remember when you first learned about the FI/RE concept? If your experience was anything like mine, it was a true epiphany moment!

The idea resonates with so many because of its simplicity. One moment you’re relatively clueless about finances, investing and retirement planning and the next moment you’re starting a blog to tell everyone you know about this mathmagical calculation you just discovered.

Too many people suck at finance

As a personal finance blogger you’re well aware of the dire financial situation that far too many people are in. It’s heartbreaking really, and I believe one way we can help to fix this situation is to bring awareness to the FIRE movement.

I truly believe that the financial rules of thumb behind FIRE can be life changing.

The 4% Rule and the Rule of 25 make it easy to understand retirement planning at a high level. And understanding something makes it less scary.

We’ve all seen people get bitten by the FIRE bug. Hell most of us were bitten by it ourselves! And while is true that not everyone will be able to retire early, FIRE still offers something for everyone.

Introducing International Financial Independence Awareness Day

With that in mind, I’d like to officially introduce International Financial Independence Awareness Day on April 25th.

That’s 4/25.

As in the 4% Rule and the Rule of 25. 😊 And I’d like your help.

Will you help spread the word?

What I’m asking you to do is simple: write a blog post and introduce International Financial Independence Awareness Day to your readers. That’s it!

Write about what FI (or FIRE) means to you
Write about the day you learned about the concept & how you felt
Write about how the idea has changed your life for the better

Write whatever you want really, I’m just hoping that you’ll tell your readers about International Financial Independence Awareness Day and ask them to share your post so that more people can learn.

What’s Going to Happen on 4/25?

Originally I had some really big plans for this, but alas there’s simply not enough time to do what I wanted to. So this first year my goal is simply to introduce International Financial Independence Awareness Day to everyone.

Then I’ll work year round to bring some media attention to this Day and next year we’ll do this thing up big! But it all starts with help from you.

So what do you say? Are you up to wring a post and publishing it on April 25th?

What International Financial Independence Awareness Day is NOT

Also, I think it’s important to call out, that this is not going to be a Camp FIRE Finance thing or a Get Rich Quick’ish thing. International Financial Independence Awareness Day will be a stand alone project.

Update: the artwork is done! Logos are below (and a site ~~is coming soon~~ is here!) ~~I’m working to get an official official logo designed for this~~ and it will NOT have any of my other blog’s branding in there. If you’d like to use this logo in your post just let me know.

Also, if you decide to write a post, be sure to share your link with me so that I can link back to yours. So to wrap this up, let me ask you one more time: will you write a blog post introducing International Financial Independence Awareness Day to your readers and publish it on April 25th?.

Thanks!

Please let me know if you’ve got any questions about this or would like to participate in another way
Please share this post with your blogging network so that others can write/participate
email me your questions to ty at this blog’s domain DOT NET or send me at Twitter message @getrichquickish

425 Day Logos & Artwork For Your Use

The official site is now live as well. Check out 425Day.com and please feel free to offer any suggestions or feedback.

Introducing Giveaways on Camp FIRE Finance

March 8, 2019 by Ty Roberts Leave a Comment

Over the past year, several bloggers and podcasters have sent me some goodies. I’ve accumulated a decent collection of books and other items. I’m going to start giving some of it away via our Giveaways page.

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Camp FIRE Finance – A Behind The Scenes Look at our First Six Months

August 10, 2018 by Ty Roberts 14 Comments

Six Months In – A Camp FIRE Finance Review

Well my first behind the scenes post was relatively well received so I’m back. This time I’ll give you a quick’ish update on how things have been going over at Camp FIRE Finance during our first six months.

Travel Hacking Our Hawaii Family Vacation

March 6, 2018 by Ty Roberts 6 Comments

Travel hacking our Hawaii family vacation seemed daunting when I first started planning this trip. But it wasn’t too hard at all and now that I’ve returned I’ve got to be honest, it sucks to be back.

I don’t like the dreary Pacific Northwest this time of year. Kurt Cobain once sang “in the sun I feel as one.“ He was from an especially dreary little town in the PNW and I’m pretty sure the lack of literal sunshine in his life influenced that line in. But I digress.

Back to the sun. I love it! And do you know what I like even more? Traveling to a sunny place like Hawaii thanks to the magic of travel hacking. My wife and I are already scheming on how we can get back for a much longer stay.

Setting Small Goals To Reach Large Goals

February 6, 2018 by Ty Roberts 16 Comments

One thing I’ve learned the hard way is the importance of setting financial goals. They say ‘the unaimed arrow never misses‘ and I’ve definitely found that to be true. During the times in my life when I’ve not had a goal, I’ve not made any measurable progress.

I suspect many of you have had similar periods in your life where you fell into a rut and were just going through the motions.

That’s a terribly unfulfilling way to live, so these days I’m constantly striving to reach different goals. This year is no different. I’ve set four main financial goals for 2018 they’re going to be tough to achieve, but that’s sort of the point.

Beam – A Follow-Up Review of the High Interest Rate Bank Account App

January 30, 2018 by Ty Roberts 10 Comments

Hey there! BEAM is now live, and so is my review. Spoiler alert: it’s not good. Check it out right here

Several months ago I posted this review of Beam, a Fintech app that’s been getting a lot of buzz for the high interest rates of 2%-4% that they’ll be offering customers.

Most big banks and financial institutions offer interest rates of less than 1%, so the possibility of a 4x return is appealing to say the least!

But is Beam too good to be true? The service was supposed to launch in October 2017; we’re now pushing February 2018 and we still don’t know much about Beam.

So I reached out to the company with several questions that many of you have asked me and I’ve got some answers. What follows is Beam’s word-for word responses to my questions (emphasis added in parts by me).

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