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Updates: February 5 – 11

Brian / February 11th, 2012 / 1 Comment

Thursday marked a milestone for The Outlier Model – our 100th post. We’ve been at this blogging business for just over a year now – thanks for checking us out! This weekend, the Davis Cup is in town; it’s been over 20 years since Vancouver has seen world class tennis like this, and I’m lucky enough to be going to the final matches tomorrow. I am very excited – I...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: early retirement, landlords

Update: December 18-24

Brian / December 24th, 2011 / No Comments

Happy Holidays! CF and I are getting ready for an early turkey dinner tonight – I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday and eating lots. As 2011 winds down, it’s hard to believe we’ve been writing on and off for the better part of a year. Watch for a recap of our favorite stuff from the past year next week. There hasn’t been much of a slowdown in the blogosphere through December...

Posted in: General Tagged with: Anchoring, early retirement, saving money

Defining the greater goal

Find a Job You Love, career, opportunities,the greater goal, financial independence

Brian / December 5th, 2011 / 3 Comments

The news that early retirement/financial independence advocate Jacob Lund Fisker is retiring from retirement and going back to work has got me to thinking; what is the point of all this? In deciding to work towards early retirement, a major motivator was the freedom to do what I wanted, when I wanted to. To be free of the responsibility and obligation to show up at a certain place at a certain time...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: early retirement, Early Retirement Extreme, financial independence, Mr. Money Moustache, purpose, quant trading, The Simple Dollar

Updates: June 5 – 11

Brian / June 12th, 2011 / 1 Comment

Another light week here on The Outlier Model, but with good reason. CF is wrapping up her first term of summer classes which has resulted in a succession of midterms, projects and a final all coming due in a two week period. She is currently out trying to get PHP and SQL to work together. I’m not a computer guy but I’m told this can be quite tricky! I have been thoroughly engrossed in the...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: Canucks, early retirement, garage sale, second career