– A couple of years ago, Mr. Money Mustache lost some credibility among the faithful when he wrote this blog post about actually trying to spend a bit more money, while buying a Tesla as the first step in that program. “Look at me!”, I thought to myself at the time, “I’m such an enlightened

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Six Dumb Misconceptions About The Economy (that the Politicians Want You To Believe)

– Well, it looks like we’re here in another US election year already. As Advanced Mustachians, we already know that the ongoing battle of Harris vs. Trump should not be consuming much of our time. Sure, we do our research and cast our votes but after that we move right on to focus on other

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24.07.2024

$656,000 of Frugal Things I Still Love Doing

– “I used to read Mr. Money Mustache”, some people say these days, “Until he got all rich and fancy so that he no longer understands the

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19.05.2024

The Ultimate Life Coach

– Almost nineteen years into early retirement now, I’ve come to realize that the complete freedom of this lifestyle can be a double-edged sword. Yo

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04.02.2024

How To Afford a House These Days

– The other day, an MMM reader stopped by and left the following comment on one of my older posts about the principles of FIRE: As with every critique of o

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03.11.2023

The Arizona Experiment!

– The thing that drew me to early retirement is freedom, and that’s still the best part of it. Back in 2005, the primary reason for this freedom-se

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05.09.2023

What to Do About These High Interest Rates

Whoa, have you seen what just happened to interest rates!? Suddenly, after at least fourteen years of our financial world being mostly the same, somebody f

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24.07.2023

The Comfort Crisis

As with many things in life these days, it all started with an episode of the Peter Attia podcast. In this episode, our nation’s most Badass Doctor was i

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28.04.2023

Frugal Man Buys $52,000 Car – Why??

This is Midjourney AI’s imagined version of my new car. I’ll update this picture once I take delivery and head out on my first real camping trip! As I type

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07.04.2023

Less Cars, More Money: My Visit to the City of the Future

In my role as Mr. Money Mustache, I do my best to be your one-stop-shop for Lifestyle Guru ideas. So over the years we’ve covered not just the Money side

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26.02.2023

How to Build a Kitchen (and Why)

Well, looks like it has happened again. Since the last time we spoke, I got sucked into building my 17th(?) kitchen, and I have finally emerged from

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12.12.2022

The California Effect

One of the reasons I don’t write as often these days is that my life has gradually evolved into a Personal Finance Bubble. The people around me hav

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30.11.2022

The Man Who Retired at 27: Why You Should Consider House-Hacking

Way back in the olden days, people used to be amazed at my life story. I was “The Man Who Retired at 30”, and it was so unusual that it would show up i

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30.11.2022

Beware of the Bubble

“A Nation Which Forgets Its Past Has No Future” Those were the words on a 20-foot-long banner that “Mr. Slick”, my high school history teacher, kept carefu

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30.11.2022

Which is Safer: Rental Houses or Stock Investments? (a Case Study)

Another fine day in Retirement During our recent discussion on Inflation, a Badass reader stopped by and caught my attention by dropping the following bloc

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30.11.2022

Socially Responsible Investing: Is It Also More Profitable?

Since the Dawn of Mustachianism in 2011, the same question has come up over and over again: And in these nine years since then, the movement towards social

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30.11.2022

Finally, a Stock Market Crash!

Boom! Well, that was kinda sudden! In the three months or so since we last spoke, the world has become an entirely different place – at least for those of

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30.11.2022

Lessons From the Badass Muscular Neurobiologist

Have you ever noticed that as a whole, our society has its daily habits almost completely backwards? We’re generally so “busy” that we don’t have t

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30.11.2022

Poisoned Just Enough: Why I’m so Optimistic About 2021

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30.11.2022

The Self Educating Child

Little MM and me self-educating with some Orson Scott Card, way back in 2017. We’ve come so far together since then! So it looks like my 15-year-old is off

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30.11.2022

The Margin Loan: How to Make a $400,000 Impulse Purchase

So, I kind of just bought the house next door to me. We’ve already gotten straight into the renovations with a symbolic first step: a new front door. This

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30.11.2022

Our DIY Heat Pump Install – Free Heating and Cooling for Life?

A work of art. To most of the Internet, Mr. Money Mustache is known as the quirky early retirement financial guy, and this is a blog about Money. But reall

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30.11.2022

Reader Case Study: Is it Okay to Subsidize my Spendypants Adult Children?

It has been a good while since we’ve done a reader case study here on MMM, but that hasn’t stopped them from arriving in my inbox. And since 2022 is becomi

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30.11.2022

Two Years Without Health Insurance (and What I’m Doing Now)

Two years ago, I was unsatisfied with my options for health insurance. The premiums were rising even as the quality dropped in the form of an ever-increasi

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30.11.2022

Why You’ll Probably Never Run Out Of Money

As strange as it may sound, earning financial freedom is a lot easier for certain people than claiming that freedom once they have earned it. And if the fo

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30.11.2022

It’s Get Smart With Money Day!

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30.11.2022

Three Months of Slacking

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Inflation – Should We Be Worried?

I’ve been writing about money for almost eleven years now, and in that time the world has become an immensely richer place. Here in the US, our economy h

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Retired Man Tries to Spend More Money, Mostly Fails

Six Dumb Misconceptions About The Economy (that the Politicians Want You To Believe)

$656,000 of Frugal Things I Still Love Doing

The Ultimate Life Coach

How To Afford a House These Days

The Arizona Experiment!

What to Do About These High Interest Rates

The Comfort Crisis

Frugal Man Buys $52,000 Car – Why??

Less Cars, More Money: My Visit to the City of the Future

How to Build a Kitchen (and Why)

The California Effect

The Man Who Retired at 27: Why You Should Consider House-Hacking

Beware of the Bubble

Which is Safer: Rental Houses or Stock Investments? (a Case Study)

Socially Responsible Investing: Is It Also More Profitable?

Finally, a Stock Market Crash!

Lessons From the Badass Muscular Neurobiologist

Poisoned Just Enough: Why I’m so Optimistic About 2021

The Self Educating Child

The Margin Loan: How to Make a $400,000 Impulse Purchase

Our DIY Heat Pump Install – Free Heating and Cooling for Life?

Reader Case Study: Is it Okay to Subsidize my Spendypants Adult Children?

Two Years Without Health Insurance (and What I’m Doing Now)

Why You’ll Probably Never Run Out Of Money

It’s Get Smart With Money Day!

Three Months of Slacking

Inflation – Should We Be Worried?

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