You Can’t Commoditize Time
You Can’t Commoditize Time Time is money, and money is time. Right? At least that is what the financial independence community espouses as the main thrust of pursuing FI. There is a mistaken belief...
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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...
How I Measure Net Worth
How I Measure Net Worth It is clear from previous posts that I think money goals are more often rabbit holes than helpful. This push away from numbers has led to a certain degree...
The Case Against Side Hustles
As many of you know, I am a big fan of side hustles. I see them as a financial independence superpower that not only leads to increased revenue and diversification, but also joy and passion....
Financial Independence is a Lever
Financial Independence is a Lever Do you love your job? My bet is that most people answer no to this basic question. Yet, one of my parent’s financial legacies to me is that they not...
Third Generation FI
Third Generation FI I have been thinking and talking a lot lately about financial modeling behavior for the next generation and financial independence legacies. So it hit me like a brick to realize that I...
Money Is An Intermediary
Money Is An Intermediary We often have a problem with words in the English language. This is no more apparent than when we in the financial independence community talk about retirement. We sing the praises...
Are You A Good Financial Model?
Are You a Good Financial Model? In the last post, I talked about my financial independence legacy that was passed down from my parents. I have also written extensively before about how I have...
