Beware, A Disability Can Force You Into Early Retirement
Earlier this year, I was sick for two weeks. Unfortunately, I’ve had asthma since I was a kid. So when a respiratory illness hits, I tend...
Pain And Penalty: Why A Dad Bod Challenge Works When Willpower Doesn’t
If you want to lose weight and gain muscle, join a dad bod or a mom bod challenge. The social pressure to hit your goals will be immense....
Upgrading To A Home You Don’t Need: A Three-Year Review
Toward the end of 2023, we upgraded to a larger finished home we didn’t need. Three years later, I want to share whether it was worth...
You Won’t Be Able To Spend Your Money When You’re Old
If you wait too long to start spending your money, you will have wasted many years of unnecessary work, stress, and worry. You’ll...
Buy The Finished Home, Skip The Remodeling Misery
At almost 50, I’m never doing a gut remodel again. Everyone who has survived one has the same thousand-yard stare. It’s the look of...
Why Aggressive Venture Investing After FIRE Isn’t Reckless
After my posts on being broke again at 49 and feeling silently stressed, some of you let me have it. Irresponsible. Reckless. Top of the...
The Silent Stress Of Taking A Family Vacation On A Razor’s Edge
A couple days before I published Broke Again At 49, my wife said going to Las Vegas over the long weekend would be a lot of fun. I had...
Manifesting Money When You Have None: It’s Worth A Try
At some point, you might find yourself short on money with no obvious way to fix it. You’ll have a plan. You’ll have...
Mezzi Review: The Proactive AI Financial Advisor For A Flat Fee
I have more than 40 financial accounts across four people to manage. More accounts means more questions. Can we spend more? Are we missing...
Children Doomed To Follow In Their Parents’ Professional Footsteps
One of the reasons I accepted Portfolio Penguin’s book deal in 2019 was to demonstrate to my kids the importance of work. Not working...