The Fire That Burns
Art The fire behind my career as an art mogul came from the pure and unadulterated joy brought from admiring and collecting individual pieces. The business sprung from my attempts to dress the walls...
Category: Emotional Construct
Financial Independence + Retire Early=FIREpreneur
FIREpreneur Joe over at Retire by 40 wrote a wonderful post asking the question Do You Need to Be an Entrepreneur to Retire Early? He writes: Most early retirees probably aren’t entrepreneurial. They are...
I’m Allergic to Success
Allergic to Success I have a friend. Let’s call him Stan. Stan is deathly allergic to shellfish. OK, not deathly allergic, but every time he eats lobster his face blows up, his lips appear...
We FI Like We Lived
There Is Nothing We Can Do I think we FI like we lived pre FI. Let me explain. I have spent a good deal of these last few years being a medical director of...
Financial Independence is Bittersweet
Bittersweet I say that financial independence is bittersweet and you look at me with your jaw slack, your eyes questioning. You scan to the top of my blog and you see the words “Personal...
The Two Paths After Financial Independence
Two Paths The road to financial independence, although long and winding, generally leads in one direction. At the beginning there is a goal, a dream. The way forward is obvious. Earn as much as...
Financial Independence and the Emotional Construct of Scarcity
The Emotional Construct of Body Image Although since college I have told everybody that I am 6 Feet tall, in reality, It’s closer to 5’11”. A few years ago when I weighed 180 pounds,...
