Loss Aversion and the Fallacy of Enough
The Fallacy of Enough I have previously written about why I think we are kidding ourselves with the concept of the safe withdrawal rate. In review, the SWR is the percentage of your portfolio you...
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The Cost of Financial Independence
The Cost of Financial Independence It is easy to look at someone’s net worth and ooh and ahh. The response from my monthly income reports is fairly telling. People see the numbers and wonder...
Lessons Learned From Reading Personal Finance Blogs
Lessons Learned From Reading Personal Finance Blogs As I have mentioned in my origin story, by the time I started reading personal finance blogs, I was already a millionaire. Already financially independent. comfortably so....
Gratitude Wednesday
Gratitude Wednesday There is only one downside to this great financial independence community. Everyone is just too damn accomplished! While safely setting aside my own insane jealousy, it’s impossible not to be awe-inspired by...
Gratitude Wednesday
Gratitude Wednesday There is only one downside to this great financial independence community. Everyone is just too damn accomplished! While safely setting aside my own insane jealousy, it’s impossible not to be awe-inspired by...
Net Worth Ain’t Nothin But A Number
Net Worth Ain’t Nothin But A Number Yesterday was a big day for me. I was featured on The ESI Money Blog as Millionaire 47 which drove lots of traffic to my little blog...
The First Pancake Rule of Financial Independence
Pancakes on Fire My daughter had a sleep over last night. We started the evening with pizza, and then rushed off to the movie theater to catch the early showing of Black Panther. Needless...
Gratitude Wednesday
Gratitude Wednesday There is only one downside to this great financial independence community. Everyone is just too damn accomplished! While safely setting aside my own insane jealousy, it’s impossible not to be awe-inspired by...
Origin Story
Origin Story I have claimed before that I don’t have an adequate origin story. This is not exactly true. The winding path that lead me to the financial independence blogosphere is neither winding nor...
Gratitude Wednesday
Gratitude Wednesday There is only one downside to this great financial independence community. Everyone is just too damn accomplished! While safely setting aside my own insane jealousy, it’s impossible not to be awe-inspired by...
