Mr. Money Mustache
The blog that popularized early retirement through frugality.
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Mr. Money Mustache is the blog, written by Pete Adeney, generally credited with popularizing the modern FIRE movement: financial independence, retire early. His argument is simple and a little confrontational: aggressive saving and a deliberately frugal life can get an ordinary earner to retirement decades sooner than conventional planning assumes.
The writing is opinionated, often funny, and mixes personal finance math with a broader philosophy about consumerism and what money is actually for. Long-time readers stick around as much for the mindset shift as for the saving and investing tactics.
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