New member from Southern Illinois

[Kenneth Bassett]

Hello, My name is Ken.

I found this site from the madfientist website. Currently I'm on a year 2 of 6 to boost my savings rate, currently before taxes rate of 13%. I'm going to boost them a lot next year to the mid 30% range. 2018 I'll be able to look at real estate seriously as an added income opportunity.

My goals for joining and listening to this site aree directly related to my life goals,

I want to spend a long happy life with my family, with good health, low worries, and a sustainable lifestyle. My extraneous goal for myself is to go back to school for pleasure.

I'm an engineer. I love my job and I was born to solve problems but it is very stressful. My life is just another problem that needs solved with a finite number of inputs and solutions. I will solve it to the best of my ability, but I don't expect optimization or perfection, only that it is repeatable and reproducible by many people in many lifestyles.

-Ken