More Than This
More Than This I used to be so much more than this. I listen to his words as I peer down at my computer screen. It is a routine follow-up for his heart failure....
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Falling Off The Blogging Treadmill
Falling Off The Blogging Treadmill I love to talk about treadmills. You have heard me mention the hedonic, stoic, and achievement treadmills. Why are their so many? Because the financial independence community tends to...
Financial Independence Losses
Financial Independence Losses We love to talk about what we have gained with financial independence. The list is oft recounted on blog after blog. Some have suggested that we even have gained time, though...
Money Can’t Buy Health
Money Can’t Buy Health She was prim and proper. The once baron room was filled with art work and photographs. Pictures and memories. You could barely tell that she was in essence living in...
Reframing Struggle
Reframing Struggle I have done quite a bit of thinking about reframing in my life. I touched on this briefly in my post about reframing sacrifice as hustle. Reading over Dr. Linus’ blog post...
Gifts Given and Gifts Taken Away
Gifts Given and Gifts Taken Away There are gifts given and gifts taken away. And Jacob’s abilities could be described as nothing less than a gift. He was a violin virtuoso. Or at...
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...
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...
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...
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...
