Tag: Story

This is an archive listing of all of our FIRE Story posts on TicTocLife. These posts contain personal history and background that unfolds as the journey of our individual lives.

You’ll learn much more about either author, Chris or Jenni, in the posts here.

Psychology

Specialist vs Generalist: Pros and Cons for a Career (and Life)

Post author By Chris
Post date February 14, 2021
4 Comments on Specialist vs Generalist: Pros and Cons for a Career (and Life)

In life and in your career you'll define yourself sometimes as a specialist vs generalist. What are the differences, pros & cons, of each of these skill types? And how do they apply to life after work in retirement?

Do you consider yourself a jack of all trades or an expert in your field? The differences between a Specialist vs Generalist reveal a spectrum and timeline in life.

Tags Financial Independence, Retire Early, Story, Tactics

Finance

GameStop Stock: Why I Worry About the Mania (And VTSAX)

Post author By Chris
Post date January 31, 2021
13 Comments on GameStop Stock: Why I Worry About the Mania (And VTSAX)

I grew up with GameStop as the place to go to find a deal on used video games. Now the stock is on a tear as amateur investors wage war against hedge funds. What's going to happen?

What does GameStop stock mania mean for the future of individual investors vs Wall Street? And do you own GME via VTSAX, VTI, and Vanguard?

Tags Financial Independence, Story, Tactics

Psychology

Enjoying Retirement: Are You Still a Useful Member of Society?

Post author By Chris
Post date January 17, 2021
8 Comments on Enjoying Retirement: Are You Still a Useful Member of Society?

Keys to enjoying retirement: finding balance in your life in how you spend your time, accepting how society values what you do, and directing your own decisions. (Photo from a visit to Huntington Gardens in California.)

Overcoming the need to feel useful when you’ve left your career is key to enjoying retirement. Diversify your life to prevent work from being your identity.

Tags Retire Early, Story

Finance

A Timely Letter to My Teenage Self (The True Cost of College)

Post author By Jenni
Post date December 24, 2020
2 Comments on A Timely Letter to My Teenage Self (The True Cost of College)

Discovering the true cost of college left me frustrated.

A message from the future warning me of the true cost of college may have changed the course of my financial life.

Tags Financial Independence, Story, Tactics

Finance

The Architect Who Made Nothing

Post author By Chris
Post date December 20, 2020
6 Comments on The Architect Who Made Nothing

A story about the architect who toiled and yet made nothing.

Not every dollar is earned equally. Are you spending your least valuable dollars in such a way as to waste your most valuable resource, your time?

Tags Financial Independence, Retire Early, Story, Tactics

Finance

This Is the Power of FU Money (and How I Was Escorted Out)

Post author By Chris
Post date November 30, 2020
16 Comments on This Is the Power of FU Money (and How I Was Escorted Out)

So confident in my FU money, I spent much of late 2010 traveling the world after I was escorted out of the building when I said "no". [Shot from the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland]

FU money gives you control over your own destiny. It lets you take risks and act with confidence & patience to become even wealthier while protecting yourself.

Tags Financial Independence, Story, Tactics, work

Psychology

How the Benefits of Working Part-Time Are Life-Changing

Post author By Jenni
Post date November 24, 2020
13 Comments on How the Benefits of Working Part-Time Are Life-Changing

One of the many benefits of working part-time: you're able to get outside and sweat midday!

Gain insight into the benefits of working part-time and how it can impact your life. You will have more time to focus on what matters most: your own priorities.

Tags Financial Independence, motivation, Story, work

Psychology

The Scary Cost of NOT Taking Risk in Life

Post author By Chris
Post date November 22, 2020
9 Comments on The Scary Cost of NOT Taking Risk in Life

Sometimes taking risk enables you to experience parts of life you otherwise cannot! Shot from my helicopter ride onto Franz Josef glacier for a hike.

Taking risk is part of being human. The trick is in understanding and overcoming the fear that creates risk in your life so that you can become a better person.

Tags Story

Psychology

Enjoy the Small Things in Life (Avoid the Connoisseur Effect)

Post author By Chris
Post date November 14, 2020
22 Comments on Enjoy the Small Things in Life (Avoid the Connoisseur Effect)

Learn to enjoy the small things in life and avoid the Connoisseur Effect: our tastes in coffee over the last 11 years have driven up the cost of something we consume daily.

If our goal is to live a fulfilled life and spend money effectively, protect your ability to enjoy the small things in life—avoid the dreaded Connoisseur Effect!