I can’t start a post about debt, without aknowledging my huge debt to Daraius at million mile secrets. By lending me his well attended stage, with his interview yesterday, my page views exploded by a factor of about 50. Thank you, Daraius. But the show must go on… If investing exposes the miracle of compound […]
Archive | January, 2014
Landing Strip
Welcome readers of Million Mile Secrets. Thank you for stopping by. Please, make yourselves at home. If you’re curious about early retirement, please start here. Would you like to hear a unique take on the miles game?, Here’s a good place to start. Are you interested to know what came about from my conversation with […]
Narcissistic Self Reflection
One of my favorite coworkers at the hospital, we’ll call her “the DJ,”made a comment the other day that caught me a bit off guard. I was talking about the miles game (a rare occurrence I assure you,) during a pacemaker implant. And she said something along the lines of, “You know it seems like […]
How To Be Rich
How do you know if you’re rich? Do you take the wages of the entire world and plot your yearly wage on that continuum? Viewed on this spectrum almost everyone in America is filthy rich. Is it a question of how much money you make? Is it a question of your net worth? I think […]
The Kindest Cut
One my favorite things about early retirement theory, is how very democratic it is. Regardless of your income, the singularly important calculation that determines how soon you will reach early retirement is the percentage of your take-home pay that you save and invest. I’m not Pollyanna-ish enough to believe that it is just as easy […]
Shelter From the Storm
One area that I’ve not focused much attention on, is that of hotel credit card sign-up bonuses. The reason for this is simple; up to this point I have been solely focused on airline miles, and flexible points that will cover airfare. I have exactly no hotel cobranded cards in my wallet. (Unless you count […]
Manifesto!
Free will is a sticky wicket. Our experience is that free will is everywhere: I want coffee so I grab a cup and lift it to my mouth, sip, and swallow. But there is growing evidence to suggest that free will is a mirage. In Libet’s famous experiment, he asked volunteers to record when they […]
Get This Party Started
My friend, I will just refer to him as “The Rev,” posed an interesting question to me. His family situation is very similar to mine in that he married an expatriate (in his case a German woman.) His consideration to enter the miles game comes from a very similar place to where mine came from, […]
Crisis of Faith
You may have picked up that I’m pretty bullish on this whole early retirement/travel hacking combo. How could I not be? I get to selfishly travel like a rockstar, build up my financial reserves, and gamble (with the odds in my favor!), all with the righteous feeling that comes from the knowledge that I am […]
A Unique Snowflake
Have you ever met someone who defied classification? If you have, I bet it’s been a while. Almost everybody has multiple layers to their personality. And most have diverse interests. But for the most part it’s pretty easy for each of us to be filed away accurately in discreet little categories. I am no different. […]
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