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Continue reading →: The Price of (Toilet) Paper WealthThis is part 2 of “Is Toilet Paper a Better Investment Than AI Stocks” We all invest based on our experience. Our victories and defeats are deeply imprinted, leading us to subconsciously prioritize what brought success and avoid what caused failure. In Part 1, I detailed the brutal outcome for…
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Continue reading →: 🧻Is Toilet Paper a Better Investment Than AI Stocks?Originally posted at 1500day.com as a guest post One of my favorite money authors is Morgan Housel (The Psychology of Money). He spins great stories with the intent to teach key concepts. Today, one of his core concepts hit me as I contemplated current AI stock valuations. His quote: “Your…
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Continue reading →: The Modern Snow Day: A Practice RetirementYesterday was an unexpected practice retirement day. It was one of those gloriously wide-open days. It felt exactly like a snow day when I was a kid. Remember waking up to find a ton of snow had fallen? (Or, if you’re like my kids, a nasty sheet of freezing rain.)…
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Continue reading →: The Single Decision That Ends Stock Market ObsessionI have a confession that anyone pursuing or already living Financial Independence (FI) likely would also confess too. It’s a trait I see in some FIRE people, and it’s a bad habit I wish I didn’t share. It’s a pattern I need to end with a single decision to benefit…
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Continue reading →: T – 7 : Retirement doesn’t feel close until it doesAs much as I write about my retirement date being seven months away, it doesn’t seem real most days. For 30 years, life has centered upon work. It’s a very important piece of my day-to-day, and all other aspects of life fit in around work. This is 30 years of…
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Continue reading →: Work Things I Won’t Miss: Pushing a boulder uphill that can only roll backYou can sense them. We all have this skill after a few years of work. A powerful feeling of knowing when a project is doomed regardless of what you do. These projects exude failure. You don’t need much experience to know something is fundamentally off. These projects are not the…
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Continue reading →: Chasing ContentmentI don’t often sit back and genuinely feel content, where I actually notice it. There is no future, no past, just contentment in the moment. People always have a soundtrack playing in their minds: the to-do list, work stress, “what if X happens,” “what are people thinking of me,” “what…
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Continue reading →: Too Young for Bingo, Too old for Playdates – Finding my TribeRetirement requires more than just money; it requires a diversified social portfolio. I’m tackling the ‘Goldilocks’ problem of finding deep friendships, moving from accumulation mode to utilization mode, and ensuring my wife isn’t my only emotional asset
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Continue reading →: The “Plan B” Fantasy: A Relative of F.I.R.E.A long time ago, in a cubicle not that far, far away… we all harbored secret work fantasies. F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is one of these fantasies: the daydream of having enough money to retire early. But another work fantasy for me took the top escapism spot throughout my…
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Continue reading →: The Stress Vacuum: Why Retirement Won’t End AnxietyDo humans need a certain level of stress? Do we look for it? Do we create it? Perhaps it’s an evolutionary trait that keeps us from becoming complacent, ensuring we don’t get surprised by something bigger and hungrier. Stress keeps us aware. Without it, would we survive? I woke up…
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