Don’t FIRE Before Kids
Don’t FIRE Before Kids Don’t FIRE before kids. Don’t do it. I know this is a controversial stance. I didn’t say don’t FIRE. I didn’t say don’t have kids. I’m just saying that if...
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The Reverse Lottery Test
The Reverse Lottery Test We tend to look at financial independence as a numbers game. We calculate some version of enough, and than make life decisions based on it. Enough, however, is a fairly...
Money Insecurity
Money Insecurity It is easy to paint financial independence as a nirvana. Easy to say that it is a goal that once attained will allay all worries and anxieties. But I think this viewpoint...
Celebrating The Financial Independence Community
Celebrating The Financial Independence Community I know in the past I have mentioned how the financial independence community can be close minded at times. Needless to say, these occasions are actually few and far...
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...
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...
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...
Market Apathy and the Magic of Uncorrelated Returns
Market Apathy I have a confession to make. I suffer from market apathy. My days of checking the stock ticker have slipped to the wayside. I used to care. I used to wait...
