Let Them Eat Cake: Fritz Gilbert’s Guide to a Successful Retirement

If you’re the average working American, who wants to retire in dignity, your financial life can be broken down into three distinct phases. The first phase is the correction phase. This is where you get your financial act together. You get better at earning, better at subduing your appetite for stuff and status, and better …

The System Works! Or Does It?

Mrs. Groovy and I have now been retired for three years. And I must say that we are kicking this retirement thing’s ass. Here’s the skinny on our retirement thus far: Since retiring, our net worth has increased by $190,000. That works out to an average increase of $63,000 per year. Between my pension and …