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...
Tagged: FIRE
Now and Laters
Now and Laters It was the year that his learning disability grew legs. Outstretched in front of a coloring book, he watched as his friends learned to decipher the unfathomable scroll of glyphs on...
Good Decision/Bad Decision: Financial Advisors
Good Decision/Bad Decision Today’s subject will hopefully be part of a regular series of Monday posts. As you recall, I recently started Gratitude Wednesdays. This series will focus on my past decisions to shed...
Mexico On a Non-Budget
Mexico On a Non-Budget Did I mention that Mexico is my happy place. Year after year, our trips bring me that something I can’t find anywhere else. Calm. Peace. Tranquility. We like to...
Range Anxiety
I’m On Vacation So today marks my first official vacation day in Mexico. Mexico is my happy place. I thought, in the spirit of being on a break, I would blog about something completely...
We FI Like We Lived
There Is Nothing We Can Do I think we FI like we lived pre FI. Let me explain. I have spent a good deal of these last few years being a medical director of...
Financial Independence is Bittersweet
Bittersweet I say that financial independence is bittersweet and you look at me with your jaw slack, your eyes questioning. You scan to the top of my blog and you see the words “Personal...
Gratitude Post
Gratitude Post 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...
The Two Paths After Financial Independence
Two Paths The road to financial independence, although long and winding, generally leads in one direction. At the beginning there is a goal, a dream. The way forward is obvious. Earn as much as...
Is Perfect The Enemy of Good? Are We Shooting Too High?
Are We Shooting Too High? When counseling my patients on health, I like to say that perfect is the enemy of good. Often shooting too high with our goals can have disastrous consequences. I...
