Building Groovy Ranch: Update 29

Groovy Ranch keeps chugging along. Here’s this week’s update. TV and Internet and Cable, Oh My! Aside from satellite, CenturyLink is our only option for internet. CenturyLink, however, doesn’t offer TV service directly. It only integrates with DIRECTV. But here’s the rub. DIRECTV forces you to commit to a two-year contract. And while DIRECTV offers …

The Groovy Opus Is Almost Done

I’m almost done with my opus, The Groovy Guide to Financial Independence. If all goes as planned, it should be available on September 10. So please bear with me. I had no idea readying a book for Kindle Direct Publishing would be so difficult—and so time-consuming. Between now and the launch date, then, content on …

A Groovy Hero’s Journey

Our friend and fellow blogger Joe at Retire by 40 took a deep dive into “The Hero’s Journey” in his post, Why Fire Is Such a Compelling Story. He likened the hero’s journey to the path to FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early). He created a “chain post” and invited us to join in with a Hero’s …