Coping With Money Problems
As I ran down the path between apartment buildings I waited to be assaulted with the usual smell of marijuana smoke. Sure enough it appeared, as strong and dense as ever. Even at 6:15 in the morning. I was on...
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Poverty, Bubbles, And The Line
I sat there in the passenger seat of my buddy Don’s car. He was in the drivers seat but we weren’t going anywhere. We just sat, drunk off our asses in the parking lot of a strip club in Baltimore. ...
Swallow Your Pride And Live Below Your Means Once In A While
Back in 2007, while looking for another adventure, I decided I needed to visit the Galapagos Islands. It’s a Unesco World Heritage site and the place where Charles Darwin solidified much of his theory of evolution. Needless to say the...
The Most Financially Distressed Areas In America
I’ve been doing regular posts on financial topics from a geographic perspective. These selfishly serve my own interest since I’m a geographer by trade, but my main goal is to help those who may be considering geoarbitrage as a way...
The Gift Of Light On Kilimanjaro
“Wake up, it is time!” a voice shouted in broken English, breaking the metronomic sound of the tent flapping in the wind. It was 12:30am, and I didn’t have anything to wake up from. I was up. I put my...
Starving Cows, Generosity, And Having Enough
The cows were standing in the middle of the road somberly staring at our car, famished, ribs protruding out, barely looking alive. They clearly weren’t going to budge, and by the looks of them they likely didn’t have the energy. ...
Can Everyone Achieve Financial Independence If They Just Try?
If you follow the online FIRE community you’ve no doubt read a blog post or two that said something like “anyone can retire early”, or “I retired at 30 and you should too!” Recently there’s been a lot of talk...
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