Category: Behavioral Theory
Failure is a Comma, Not an Exclamation Point
Failure is a Comma, Not an Exclamation Point I failed today. That’s right. I had every intention of things going well, and had even gone as far as visualizing how the day was going...
Margin Without Mission
Margin Without Mission Those of us who are passionate about hospice work often shy away from discussing the economics of the business. Because it is such a mission based field, often it feels distasteful...
Should Financial Independence Be a Target?
Should Financial Independence Be a Target? I have mentioned several times on this blog that for me financial independence was quite accidental. Although I had financially responsible parents who were great fiscal models, none...
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...
Money Goal or a Rabbit Hole?
Money Goal or a Rabbit Hole? There is no question that I sometimes eschew some basic personal finance principles. I generally feel that we are kidding ourselves with the safe withdrawal rate nonsense. And...
Falling Off the Time Money Continuum
Falling Off the Time Money Continuum Money is time. Time is money. Phrases oft said in the financial independence community and in my opinion(as of late) pure horse pucky. We have somehow mangled the...
Reframing Struggle
Reframing Struggle I have done quite a bit of thinking about reframing in my life. I touched on this briefly in my post about reframing sacrifice as hustle. Reading over Dr. Linus’ blog post...
The Overmonetized Life
The Overmonetized Life The best financial plans have at least four legs. Four revenue streams that help prop up the table of your personal finances. We all know that I believe that side hustles...