Bicycle Across the Country

My first attempt at long-distance bicycle touring was cycling across the USA from Jacksonville, Florida to San Francisco. Coast to coast....

The Opportunity Cost of Owning a Car

In life, we face a handful of important decisions that can shape our lives for decades to come. Car ownership is one of those decisions we m

The Snooze Button Challenge

“WAH, WAH, WAH, WAH, WHAP!” Peter Drunkanother slaps the snooze button buying another ten minutes of sleep. “WAH, WAH, WAH, WAH, WHAP!” A...

Accumulation of Memories

You’ve got your dinosaur helmet on, the sun is glistening off the sparkly streamers hanging off of your handlebar grips, and the street i...

Slow Down

Come on, hurry up or we are going to be late! When was the last time those words put you in a good mood? Never! One day ends, as the next...

YOU ARE A HUMAN CORPORATION

Your value is based on the skill set that makes your employer more profitable. You are a walking collection of assets and the more valuab...

The Sleep Routine and Intermittent Fasting

Why are we told to eat three meals a day? Why are we told to get at least eight hours of sleep each night? Why are we told to wash our ha...

The Opportunity Cost of a Beer Gut

Behold! The beer gut. To some, it is an art form. It takes hours and weeks and years of laborious drinking to achieve optimal roundness i...

Outside Magazine Interview

I caught up with Shane Dillon Gidcumb, a former winery executive and author of 'The Franklin Fi' book series who up and quit his job one ...

The Path to Semi-Retirement

Semi-retirement is about breaking away from the rat race to do what you love. It is leaving behind the nine to five world of mindless rou...

The Franklin Fi | A Personal Finance Adventure for Next Generation Investors

The Franklin Fi BLOG is written by author Shane Dillon from his present-day perspective. The blog is an accumulation of personal finance lessons that Shane has learned over the last twenty years. Whereas The Franklin Fi book starts from day one of the journey, Shane’s blog picks up twenty years later and explores the ideas of his daily life living abroad in Europe as a writer.