Whole Life and the Rules of Seduction
Whole Life and the Rules of Seduction Let me get you a coffee. He looked up warmly as he reached for his wallet and guided me to the line behind a chatty group of...
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Stop Ignoring The Financial Forest
Stop Ignoring The Financial Forest Get the heck out of the trees! You heard me. I’m talking to you recent financial independence convert. I see you raking around in the weeds. Hasn’t anyone told...
My Working Retirement
My Working Retirement As you might have guessed, I am not a big fan of the traditional concept of retirement. When it comes to the financial independence community especially, many choose to work at...
My First Lesson in Business
My First Lesson in Business The trap had been set. I arranged my baseball cards in the three boxes that I had arranged in a circle around my bedroom floor. I checked again to...
Are We Stuck in the Accumulation Phase?
Are We Stuck in the Accumulation Phase? According to traditional thinking, the arc of our wealth should be in a Bell shaped curve. At the lowly beginnings, money is but a far off dream,...
Success Is not the Best End Game
Success is not the Best End Game I wasn’t going to write this post. Waking up this morning, my list of possible blog topics was taking me in a completely different direction. But then...
Is Frugality a Tool?
Is Frugality a Tool? I have been pondering as of late why our community sometimes feels close minded. We, as a group, are not always open to the idea of luxury purchases. In many...
Doubling Down and Failing Forward
Doubling Down and Failing Forward As a personal finance blogger, physician, and entrepreneur, I have spent much time contemplating the keys to success. Success in finances. Success in business. What is the secret sauce...
The Five Stages of Coping With Financial Independence
The Five Stages of Coping With Financial Independence I stumbled and I bumbled. I staggered and I sputtered. And then I fell down a hole. A dark chasm. With neither sight nor sound, debased...
The Opportunity Cost Fallacy
The Opportunity Cost Fallacy I have written before about how the financial independence community can be somewhat close minded. This is no more apparent than when discussing luxury spending. Post in a local forum...
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