Sep 4, 2012
Mr. Money Mustache has been getting quite a few emails these days asking questions like this one: Dear Mr. Money Mustache, <BR> It is always nice to hear people asking this question, because it means one of the biggest financial mistakes in the lives of most people – a ridiculous vehicle choice – is up…
Aug 31, 2012
All right, here’s a neat case study for you. A guy from Portland emailed me way back in May. He sent in a nice proposal for a case study, but I didn’t get around to writing it up until now. Now, the time has finally come. And when I got back in touch with him,…
Aug 29, 2012
You’ll never hear me claim that being a parent is even remotely easy or convenient. But it sure does have its golden times, and this week has been one of them here in the Mustache household. My son (known here affectionately as Little MM or Junior ‘Stash) has finally discovered the joys of bike riding,…
Aug 27, 2012
Foreword by MMM: The following is a tale from my good friend, Mr. Frugal Toque. We went to engineering school together many years ago, and started our careers at the same time. Although I moved to Colorado 13 years ago, we’ve kept in touch regularly since then. He recently went through a rare experience for…
Aug 24, 2012
Despite the fact that I am Mr. Money Mustache, I now realize I have led quite a wimpy and pampered life when it comes to the area of food. As a young child, I was reportedly one of the pickiest eaters in history, refusing to try anything that wasn’t prepared at home, in exactly the…
Aug 22, 2012
So, some of us Mustachians are getting pretty old. That means our parents are even older, and our grandparents – if they’re still around – are sagely pieces of living history. I love the many positive aspects of a family that shares its stories and values from one generation to the next. But this natural…
Aug 20, 2012
This summer, Mr. Money Mustache broke his own rules and burned an absolute shitload of gasoline to criscross the continent in a not-very-efficient vehicle. Sure, I can list a few excuses as to why I did it (it was a 7-week family vacation, I needed the big vehicle to carry all my carpentry tools and…
Aug 18, 2012
There’s a big, hidden part to this job of being Mr. Money Mustache that you don’t get to see every day: the stream of really neat emails that seem to constantly arrive. These letters from readers are as interesting as they are varied. Some of them I read aloud to Mrs. Money Mustache, or to…
Aug 16, 2012
Overheard in a Reddit forum recently: Dear forum, I feel a bit stuck. I’ve got a solid job, I’m making 401(k) contributions, have no debt and my spending is under control. Making extra mortgage payments and buying a bit of Vanguard index funds with any money I have left over. I drive a fuel-efficient car…
Aug 13, 2012
At last, the Mustache Family has returned home to the plentiful comfort of the USA. It was a record-breaking trip in both the Fun and the Extreme Duration departments: a full seven weeks elapsed between the time we left and the red-eyed return to our driveway after midnight last night. So many things happened that…
Aug 7, 2012
A couple of months ago, I was relaxing in the Mustache Lounge and an interesting email came in. It was from the editor of a major blog called MarksDailyApple.com, which I had heard of but never really followed. As it turns out, this guy was also an MMM reader and we had a great conversation…
Jul 30, 2012
So let’s say you suddenly have a million dollars, and you want to put it to good use. As a Mustachian, your first instinct would naturally be to invest the money somewhere, in such a way that it provides reliable income to you for the rest of your life. Thus, you would be Financially Independent,…