What’s Up Next Podcast: Episode 32
What’s Up Next? Paul Thompson and I are proud to release episode 32 of The What’s Up Next Podcast. This podcast is an exploration of financial independence and taking the conversation to the next...
Category: Achievement Treadmill
Feeling Fear
Feeling Fear I have an advantage. Although I have never considered myself an influencer in personal finance nor medicine, I have had the privilege of rubbing elbows with many of them. Being a long...
My Worst Enemy
My Worst Enemy I have come to know my worst enemy. Intimately. The demon lurking behind every door. My biggest critic and my most consistent naysayer. This negative force has been with me as...
Battling The Retirement Treadmill
Battling The Retirement Treadmill Apparently, I can’t get enough of treadmills. I talk about them constantly. I have discussed the hedonic, stoic, and achievement treadmills in the past. The problem is that the brain’s...
You Must Expand
You Must Expand I returned from vacation to what should not have been a great surprise. This was my first vacation since starting half retirement. My schedule is better. My stress is almost gone....
The Overachiever’s Paradox
The Overachiever’s Paradox You have to be somewhat goal oriented to aspire to financial independence or to retire early. Some would say that you have to be an overachiever. There are very few slackers...
Two Steps From Crazy
Two Steps From Crazy I suspect that at any given time I am about two steps from crazy. Thus I have found it beneficial to fashion my own leash to allow only one more...
The Achievement Treadmill
The Achievement Treadmill We have all heard of the hedonic treadmill. Basically lifestyle inflation, instead of sating our appetite, leads to more aggressive consumerism. We have more stuff but we are no more happy. I...
