What’s Up Next? Paul Thompson and I are proud to release episode 73 of The What’s Up Next Podcast. This podcast is an exploration of financial independence and taking the conversation to the next...
Mission Statement I have been thinking a lot lately about my purpose regarding my online endeavors. As of today, I am engaged in this blog, The What’s Up Next Podcast, and The What’s Up...
It’s The People I am a different person than I was one year ago. Although my financial position has not changed drastically, almost everything else has. I have let go of a large portion...
Is Blogging Dead? Well obviously not if you are reading these words. But the world has changed. Back in 2005 when I started, blogging was a fresh platform to exchange ideas and push content...
A Second Look at Private School I have written before about how we broke the budget when we decided to send my daughter to private school. It was a hard decision, but one we...
Not Throwing In The Towel My post about closing the loop yesterday got some interesting comments. I often talk about beginnings and endings in my writing. I like to think that my blog posts,...
Closing The Loop Writing this blog has been a journey. A journey in which I have grown incrementally. Not only inner change, but outward also. I have started the process of cleaving my identity...
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....
Moving Towards Life Work balance I like work. I really do. Although I have been talking up my half retirement, there is a reason I am not going the full monty. I derive pleasure...
No, You Are Not Going To Die My ideas about risk mitigation and the Suze Orman appearance on the Afford Anything podcast produced some interesting responses. One, in particular, gave me pause. It seems...
