Make Your Job Your Side Gig: Why your portfolio—not your paycheck—is the real engine of financial freedom. 👇 Most people think their job is their greatest financial asset. In the beginning, that’s true. Your paycheck is your lifeline—it pays the bills, funds your lifestyle, and hopefully contributes to your savings. Labor is your first and most immediate wealth-building tool. But if you stay stuck there, you never get free. The real game is this: Turn earned income into invested income. Every dollar you invest becomes a tiny employee—one that works around the clock. No breaks. No distractions. Just silent, consistent compounding. Over time, those invested dollars begin to generate more new wealth than your job. That’s when you reach the crossover point—a quiet, personal milestone where your balance sheet grows faster than your paycheck. It’s not flashy. There’s no applause. But it’s the moment your time starts to belong to you. To get there, you have to change the way you measure progress. Stop asking: “How much did I earn this year?” Start asking: “How much did my balance sheet grow?” That’s the true scoreboard of financial independence. If you’re saving in bitcoin, that crossover point becomes even more powerful. Hard-capped. Non-dilutive. Borderless. Bitcoin’s asymmetric upside gives your portfolio the strength to outpace your W-2 faster than traditional fiat savings ever could. Work pays for today. Your portfolio pays for tomorrow. Let your job become the side gig. Let your balance sheet do the heavy lifting. That’s the path to real financial freedom. 📰 Read the full FIRE BTC issue here:

💼 Making Your Job Your Side Gig

FIRE BTC #36 - Focus on building your personal balance sheet

🧮 What gets measured gets managed. But in FIRE & Bitcoin, what you measure—and how—can be the difference between freedom and frustration. Here's how to run the numbers without letting them run you 🧵 If your goal is financial independence, how do you know you’re getting closer? You have to track something. But not everything. Without meaningful feedback, you’re just flying blind. FIRE = having enough compounding assets to cover your life without working. That requires knowing: 💸 What you spend 📈 What your portfolio is worth Only then can you chart a clear path to freedom. I run my numbers over coffee most mornings. No apps. No budgeting down to the penny. Just a simple spreadsheet that tracks: 💵 Cash in & out 📈 Portfolio value 💸 Trailing 12-month expenses 🎯 FIRE target using the 4% rule 10 minutes. Huge clarity. Why not track every detail? Because the Pareto Principle applies here... A few key inputs drive almost all the progress. The rest is noise. And worse: it can become spreadsheet theater. Bitcoiners do the same. We love data. We obsess over: 🔸Exchange balances 🔸Hash rates 🔸MVRV 🔸On-chain flows But most of it offers zero edge. It's comfort theater—metrics to soothe uncertainty. Here’s the trap: 📉 Mistaking information for insight 📊 Mistaking activity for progress 🛑 Mistaking measurement for mastery Tracking numbers should be a tool, not a crutch. Run the numbers to: ✔️ Gain clarity ✔️ Make better decisions ✔️ Spot inefficiencies ✔️ Stay honest Not to feel falsely in control. FIRE + bitcoin = radical transparency Both demand: ⏳ Long-term thinking 💪 Discipline 🧘 Comfort with uncertainty Don’t waste that gift by measuring the wrong things. 📩 Read the full issue: “Run the Numbers: What Gets Measured Gets Managed” FIRE BTC 32

🧮 Run the Numbers

FIRE BTC #32 - What gets measured gets managed

🧭 Direction over perfection. Track what matters. Ignore the noise.

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FIRE BTC #31 - Steak n' Shake now accepts bitcoin

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FIRE BTC #31 - Steak n' Shake now accepts bitcoin

Check out my recent podcast appearance with Mr. M! Some juicy topics on bitcoin and financial independence.

You think you’re on the path to freedom just because you’re chasing FIRE? Not if you need permission to access your own money… Traditional FIRE is built on fragile systems. Your plan needs to be anti-fragile. Check out FIRE BTC 30: Financial Independence, Upgraded… And don’t forget to subscribe!

📶 Financial Independence, Upgraded

FIRE BTC Issue #30 - Taking financial freedom to the next level

Friday night. Vegas hums. Neon buzz, basslines in the floor, perfume thick in the air. Two men walk into different casinos. They’ll never meet. But they’re playing the same game, with very different rules. Frankie hits the roulette wheel before his jacket’s even off. Loud shirt. Fake watch. Last month’s paycheck already on the felt. He’s grinning too wide, like he knows he shouldn’t be here. The wheel spins. He cheers. Then doubles down. Always doubling down. He’s chasing something. A feeling he once had in ‘06. A bonus, a bull market, a girl who said yes and then disappeared. Now it’s just colors on a wheel. Debt on a card. Luck as a lifestyle. Across the city, Max “21” Bitman steps out of a black coupe. Tailored suit. No tie. Gold cufflinks catching the moonlight. He doesn’t head for the noise. He walks slow, like the night is his. He isn’t gambling. He’s waiting. Upstairs, private poker room. Thick carpet. Quiet music. He slides into the chair like he’s been sitting there for years. Orders a single drink. Neat. No rush. Max plays two hands an hour, when he knows the odds are in his favor. Frankie’s hands shake as the chips pile up...then vanish. He swears. Laughs. Swears again. Bartender cuts him off. Dealer doesn’t flinch. Somehow, he still thinks he’s winning. Even as the pit boss glances over. Max doesn’t celebrate. Doesn’t gloat. He plays like the deck is already written. Like the end is already known. Every move precise. Every chip earned. No one notices he’s walking away with the whole damn table. By 2am, Frankie’s outside. No jacket. No ride. No clue. He lights a cigarette with a $5 bill and swears next time will be different. Max is already on the balcony of his suite. City below him. Quiet. Counting time in something other than hours. —————————————- I’ll be in Vegas next week for Bitcoin 2025. Not to chase luck, but to celebrate the sure thing. To meet the ones who don’t flinch when the wheel spins. To see my friends who’ve already left the casino behind. Frankie bets to feel alive. Max plays like he owns the grid. If you’re building for freedom — not just gambling — my newsletter is your edge. Like pushing all-in, sitting on the nuts, watching the river fall. ♠️♥️♣️♦️ firebtc.substack.com

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