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“School” At The Beach
The Stealth Wealth Family recently spent a few weeks in the US Virgin Islands, for both business and pleasure. As part of her sabbatical, Dawn decided to do some anesthesiology…

Book Review – Choose FI: Your Blueprint To Financial Independence
If you’re in the FIRE sphere or interested in financial independence and haven’t yet heard of the Choose FI podcast, you had better get to downloading and binge-listening now. Since…
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Compare Yourself to… Your Former Self
We were all at the park the other day, and Aspen quickly slid down the slide that had given her fear months ago. Then she looked over at the pole.…

A Slowly Spreading FIRE
Financial independence and early retirement are noble goals, and for many people, they’re quite addictive to chase. It’s all about the hustle these days, and with a plethora of FIRE…

The Stealth Wealth Family’s Cruise Adventure
I hid behind a couple of people standing at the railing on Deck 4, anti-motion sickness medications in hand, poised and ready to descend on the dock below if needed.…

The Stealth Wealth Family Manifesto
What is stealth wealth? In financial circles, it’s not a new concept. The Millionaire Next Door, a classic book we read back in the late 90’s, exemplified the idea by…

Valueism Through A $700 Coffee Machine
This post first appeared on Dawn’s personal blog, PracticeBalance.com. In the Stealth Wealth Family household, we love to prepare excellent food and drink. Coffee is no exception. Read on about…

A Money Makeover
This post initially appeared on Dawn’s personal blog, PracticeBalance.com. Our seeds for stealth wealth were planted in early adulthood, but Dawn’s epiphanies on valueism and the finite resource of money…

Who Is Stealth Wealth Family?
How did we get to where we are today? It starts with the story of a dilapidated trailer named Betty. Straight out of undergraduate engineering school, we set out to…