Whether To Embrace The Suck
Whether To Embrace The Suck There is a quintessential question that divides the financial independence community. The divide spans philosophy as well as the generational gap. it digs down to the core of what...
Category: Front-Load
YOLO is a No No
YOLO is a No No I have written in the past about the opportunity cost fallacy. In brief, there is an argument that luxury spending saps wealth by obliterating the compounding effect of the...
Is Money Apathy The New Financial Independence?
Money Apathy In a previous post I discussed the magic of market apathy. When your path to financial independence is long-term and you have chosen the right investments, the momentary swings of the stock...
Stealth Work
Stealth Work One of the great benefits of reaching financial independence is the ability to modify work schedules to fit my preferences. Maybe I want to work only certain days of the week. Am...
You Can’t Commoditize Time
You Can’t Commoditize Time Time is money, and money is time. Right? At least that is what the financial independence community espouses as the main thrust of pursuing FI. There is a mistaken belief...
Building a Perpetual Money Machine
Perpetual Money Machine You too can have a perpetual money machine, but you have to build it. There are no short cuts. There are no easy pathways short of speculation. Whether investment or career...
Sacrifice is not a Four Letter Word?
Is Sacrifice a Four Letter Word? I am a big fan of sacrifice, The road to financial independence is long. The best way, in my estimation, to reach financial freedom is to front load...
Young, Smart, and Broke
Young, Smart, and Broke Millennials are smarter than us. They are. There is no question. So it is unsurprising that a host of millennial financial independence voices have sprung up and gained prominence in...
How I Flaunt My Wealth
I Flaunt My Wealth I’m wealthy. Wealthy beyond my dreams. And I like to flaunt my wealth. Now wait, I know what you’re saying. Aren’t you a stealth wealth practitioner? Don’t you believe in...
Financial Independence, Sacrifice, and Misery
Financial Independence, Sacrifice, and Misery One of the great joys of blogging is realizing that after you have written hundreds of posts, occasionally you contradict yourself. Or at least, two posts seem to have...
