{"id":272,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedemos.net\/discover-outdoors\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2018-12-28T03:12:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T03:12:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.managingmymoney.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Welcome to my financial independence and lifestyle blog!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I created this blog to share my story of being $20k in debt at the age of 30 and achieving financial freedom by the age of 49 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My name is Rick and I recently left corporate America for a location independent lifestyle to support me and my family. I’m part of the Coast FIRE movement, but I\u2019m far from retired! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coast FIRE<\/strong>, which is Financially Independent Retired Early (with an emphasis on having an income that pays my bills)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I created this blog to share my story of being $20k in debt at the age of 30 and achieving financial freedom by the age of 49 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My name is Rick and I recently left corporate America for a location independent lifestyle to support me and my family. I’m part of the Coast FIRE movement, but I\u2019m far from retired! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a Gen Xer that worked the nose-to-grindstone lifestyle laid out before me. You know, graduate from high school, go to college, get a great job, get married, have kids, have a mid-life crisis at 50 and buy a Porsche, retire when you\u2019re 62, collect social security, then hope you\u2019re healthy enough to do the things YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IN LIFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice I didn\u2019t say \u201ccollect a fat pension\u201d. I\u2019m in that lucky generation when the traditional pension got replaced by the 401k. Lucky me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While their parents had generous pensions, Gen Xers are rapidly seeing rich employment benefits diminish.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/11\/18\/you-can-count-on-getting-squat-when-your-parents-die\/<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I loved what I did at my job and I was lucky enough to have worked several different lines of work. But it was still a job that had me locked down in one location, hoping every year I could spend my 2 precious weeks of vacation traveling the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to work in IT, Engineering, and Corporate B2B Account Executive sales, but now I\u2019m working from home, in a city of my choice, as a fully self-employed online freelancer, solopreneur<\/g>, and contractor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make my exit from Corporate America before retirement age where I can draw Social Security and Medicare, I bought and built a portfolio of websites that pay my bills (and that\u2019s all I\u2019m needing at this stage of my life). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re wanting to start a blog and achieve the same journey, stay tuned as I explain how I made this happen now rather than at age 62.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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