Healthcare Myths Are Keeping You Broke
Healthcare Myths Are Keeping You Broke The intersection of medicine and personal finance is vast. Mismanaging healthcare costs can lead to dying poor in America, or even worse, being a hundred and homeless...
Monthly Archive: July 2018
Back of the Napkin
Back of the Napkin There is no question that I live in a world of numbers. I am constantly making calculations in my head throughout the day. Whether it is how many miles my...
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...
The Inverted Mastery Cycle and the Money Making Fallacy
The Inverted Mastery Cycle If you couldn’t tell from the last few blog posts, I think that some of our young people, in regards to career, have lost their way. There is a new...
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...
Career Speculation Is A Risky Path to Financial Independence
Career Speculation We all know that when it comes to financial independence, it is better to concentrate more on investment and less on speculation. This path to financial freedom is a good deal more...
When it Came to Bad Habits, Food Was My Money
Food Was My Money I am lucky. In fact, when it comes to finances, the only reason I’m not a moron is that I was born to good parents. They taught me both didactically...
Wealthy and Frugal
Wealthy and Frugal Having a high W2 wage has allowed my family many extravagances not afforded to your average employee. For instance, we rarely get granular about our non budget. We guide ourselves by...
A Life Without FI
A Life Without FI Have you ever seen the movie Sliding Doors? The plot centers around a protagonist who stumbles to catch a train, and then the story line bifurcates into two parallel universes based...
Is Paying For Financial Advice a Luxury?
Is Paying For Financial Advice a Luxury? I have gleefully retold the story of why I fired my previous financial advisor. On the other hand, I have also memorialized the loss of a friend...
