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...
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The Best Financial Plans Have Four Legs
The Best Financial Plans Have Four Legs Although I talked about side hustles as a form of diversification in my last post, often when we use the D word, eyes glaze over. Although a...
Are Side Hustles a Form of Diversification?
A commenter recently mentioned that she thought that side hustles are a waste of time. And it is true, my ridiculous love affair with side hustles seems, at times, a little self-indulgent. After all,...
Denial and Poor Financial Health
Denial and Poor Financial Health Denial is the bread and butter of American medicine. As a primary care physician, I see this phenomenon in all its stripes and colors. The typical story is the...
Reframing Sacrifice
Reframing Sacrifice At risk of beating a dead horse (terrible saying, isn’t it?), I would like to spend one more post discussing sacrifice. As you recall, I originally talked about front-loading the sacrifice in...
Financial Independence is a Side Effect
Financial Independence is a Side Effect Financial independence is a side effect of a life well lived. Or it should be. That’s not to say that I got it right, nor have I found...
Sacrifice is not a Four Letter Word?
Is Sacrifice a Four Letter Word? I am a big fan of sacrifice, The road to financial independence is long. The best way, in my estimation, to reach financial freedom is to front load...
Young, Smart, and Broke
Young, Smart, and Broke Millennials are smarter than us. They are. There is no question. So it is unsurprising that a host of millennial financial independence voices have sprung up and gained prominence in...
Do You Need a Financial Independence Coach?
Do You Need a Financial Independence Coach? Discovering financial independence is magical. After tripping over a blog or listening to a podcast, change comes quickly. Most can plot major life reorganization in those first...
The Stoic Treadmill
The Stoic Treadmill Two ideas have been bouncing around my head of late. One is that the financial independence community can be somewhat close minded. As previously discussed, there is much hemming and hawing...
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