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It’s Never too Late to Ditch your Gas Guzzler

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…
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A Wealthy Future for Junior Money Mustache

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,…
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Mr. Frugal Toque Gets Laid Off

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…
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Fasting: a Fast Way to Greater Badassity?

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…
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Selling the Family Jewels

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…
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Three Fuel-Saving Hacks for Long Roadtrips

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…
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Two Great Paychecks from the Mustachians

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…
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What it Feels Like to Become Rich

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…
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Seven Weeks of Homelessness

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…
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Mr. Money Mustache vs. Mark’s Daily Apple

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…

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