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2018
Good Decision/Bad Decision: Buying a Tesla
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 ...
Tell Yourself The Right Story
We tell ourselves the stories about our life that make it bearable. Or better yet, magical. Mystical. When my father died when I was eight years old, ther...
Rich Dad Frugal Dad
I am not a big fan of Robert Kiyosaki. I find his teachings too simplistic and overly vague. There is just so little substance and actual hands-on informa...
Front-Load The Sacrifice
Yesterday’s post was all about sacrifice. Getting to financial independence requires hard work, planning, and missed opportunities. This is part of the pro...
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
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. ...
The Frugality Wars: Chapter Two-The Final Skirmish
At the precise moment Maron was chewing on the last morsels of sumptuous beef, cloaked in the darkness of the now empty *Le Francois*, Old Dick Williams sat ...
Side Hustle Profile: Landlording
I have spent a good part of my career investing time and energy towards side hustles. I generally categorize them into two distinct types of ventures. The ...
I Live In A World of Numbers, Financial Independence Is No Different
Have you ever verbalized a thought in conversation, and then paused realizing that it is one of those great truths in your life? You might have said it offh...
Net Worth And The Alarm Clock
A side effect of being open with my net worth and posting income reports is that many readers wonder why I keep working. *Doc G, you have enough money to r...
Travel Hacking-Why I Refuse To Break the Seal
You must be living under a rock if you’ve not heard of travel hacking. Almost every personal finance blog or podcast has tackled this subject at one time or...
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 ...
Less is More
Maron could feel the spittle as it pooled in the recesses of his otherwise barren palate. The drool was intolerable. Hunger was an inviolate preaching of t...
Good Decision/Bad Decision: The Doctor Loan
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 ...
Investing Tips From A Hospice Doctor
I used to have a patient who was an undertaker. We had many conversations about philosophy and practicality, and it didn’t take long to realize the profoun...
How Do I Protect My Income?
Protecting the things that are important to us seems to be in our DNA. We purchase home insurance to protect our house from catastrophic floods and fires, a...
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 ...
Dying Poor In America
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Good Decision/Bad Decision: Being Your Own Boss
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 ...
There Were Losses
I have made several major mistakes in this path to financial independence. The point, of course, is that perfect is the enemy of good and making three right...
The Frugality Wars
My mother had a plan. After my father died. She looked at her three young boys and knew what had to be done. This was before my stepfather entered the pic...
Cancer and Bankruptcy
I return there sometimes in my dreams. Plodding down the streets of my childhood, I turn sharply to the right and push through the door as the bell clangs a...
What If Your Calling Doesn’t Make You Happy?
Financial independence is fantastic. It allows you to wrangle free from the hum-drum existence of the W2 asset class and aspire towards your individual life...
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 ...