Financial Independence is a Mirror
Financial Independence is a Mirror Financial independence is a mirror, it’s not a door. You may deny the voracity of this statement. You may try to convince yourself otherwise. But bursting through the threshold...
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Is the Financial Independence Community Close Minded?
Is The Financial Independence Community Close Minded? I have found a huge amount of support and enjoyment by interacting with like minded personal finance people on social media and within the blogosphere. Unlike the...
The Dark Side of Stealth is Silence
The Dark Side of Stealth is Silence I have a little world that exists inside my head. It’s full of numbers and figures. Projections and estimations. I plot these thoughts on spreadsheets, in my...
Hey Young World
Hey Young World I was a child of the eighties. Like many of my peers, life lessons not only came from school and our parents, but also from the rarefied lyrics of rap music....
My Money, Our Money
Our Money My money, our money? The elderly women sits half propped upon the rickety bead frame as she looks uncomprehendingly at her daughter through dementia soaked eyes. The room is littered with medical...
The Solitary Path of Financial Independence
The Solitary Path of Financial Independence It’s almost easy to forget. All I have to do is jump on twitter, cruise over to Facebook, or peruse Pinterest, and I come away thinking that the...
Getting Past You Can’t
Getting Past You Can’t There are a million personal finance blogs that will teach you how to reach financial independence by the art of incremental gains. They will espouse frugal hacks, how-to lists, and...
You Are What You Own
You Are What You Own Pulling into the garage, my wife and I immediately knew something was wrong. The screen door to the back entrance was ajar and we both noticed a whir of...
A Hundred and Homeless
A Hundred and Homeless I am not a doctor of finance. I’m a medical doctor. So when I enter an elderly patient’s home, I’m not expecting to do a wallet biopsy. Whether they can...
Good Decision/Bad Decision: Proof of Concept and Oversharing on the Internet
Good Decision/Bad Decision Today’s subject will hopefully be part of a regular series of Monday (sorry, fell behind this week) posts. As you recall, I recently started Gratitude Wednesdays. This series will focus on...
