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 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 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 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...
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...
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...
Financial Independence is a Lever Do you love your job? My bet is that most people answer no to this basic question. Yet, one of my parent’s financial legacies to me is that they not...
Money Is An Intermediary We often have a problem with words in the English language. This is no more apparent than when we in the financial independence community talk about retirement. We sing the praises...
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...
Human Capital Bests Investment Capital We love to dream of getting the best returns on our capital. We read books, peruse blogs, and even take courses. Is real estate better than stocks and bonds?...
