Community Rules!

I founded the Financial Freedom Community in December 1999 to serve as a means for middle-class workers to learn how to overcome paycheck dependence.

This page provides brief descriptions of and links to articles at the PassionSaving.com site discussing insights developed by the Financial Freedom Community discussion boards and efforts we are taking to protect community members from abusive posters.

8 Paths to Financial Independence
Article #1 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- Brief descriptions of the financial independence visions of Orman, Kiyosaki, Dacyczyn, Dominguez, Greaney, Terhorst, Robbins, and Bennett.

The Ten Discussion Boards of the Financial Freedom Community
Article #2 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- Links to the ten discussion boards comprising the community are set forth here, along with short descriptions of the nature of the content found at the various boards.

New Money Ideas from the First Six Years of Discussions
Article #3 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- An overview of our work product.

Our Financial Education Project
Article #4 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- What makes our best community members tick? A combination valentine/instructional manual.

Financial Freedom Movies
Article #5 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- Ten films that explore the quest for authenticity in a world of "plastics."

How Moderate-Income Workers Can Escape the Rat Race
Article #6 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- Even those who don’t make the big bucks can escape the rat race years early if they put their minds to it. So says “Ariechert,” one of my favorite posters from our discussion boards.

Early Retirement Planning Insights
Article #7 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- John Walter Russell presents his safe withdrawal rate (SWR) research at his Early-Retirement-Planning-Insights.com site. I have relied heavily on this research in development of the Valuation-Informed Indexing investing approach.

What I Like and Don't Like About the Retire Early Home Page
Article #8 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- The Retire Early Home Page site brought lots of community members into the Financial Freedom Community. But it presents a narrow view of the purpose of the financial freedom quest.

Retire Early Lifestyle
Article #9 on the Financial Freedom Community Discussion Boards -- The site presents a nice synopsis of the Retire Early concept. I wish that it weren’t another story of DINKs (double-income, no kids) who took off for a life of travel in their late 30s.