Yesterday was Labor Day. Labor. Work. Those of us who are financially independent likely achieved it through hard work. The reality is that most wealthier people didn’t inherit their money, they earned it and saved it. And we’re not striving...
When I was in grade school I had a talent for drawing. Or so that’s how my Mother dutifully described it at least. I didn’t really agree, and was always upset at what I put on paper. But there was...
In the early 1990’s I was fresh out of college and lucky to score a pretty low paying job at a small dotcom start up. With unemployment at 7.5% I took what I got and didn’t have the luxury of...
NPR did an article recently about the gig economy that really got me thinking. Firstly, the article cited the research I posted about last year that claims to gig economy is actually getting smaller. This is of course contrary to...
If you’re a new reader and not familiar with my backstory, in a nutshell I became financially independent in my mid-40’s and went down to 20 hours a week at my W2 job. I now spend the newly freed half...
Jobs and opportunity are often a major factor that prompt people to move to another city or part of the country. After all, unless you have a big inheritance or have won the lottery, work is an essential prerequisite to...
The big work related news of the week is the World Health Organization has now officially listed burnout as an “occupational syndrome”. In the eleventh edition of the agency’s manual called the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the WHO claims...
Every once in a while I read an article that touches on so many points relevant to financial independence that it must be shared. Charles Duhigg’s recent article in New York Times magazine titled “Wealthy, Successful, and Miserable” is one...
I sometimes see complaints in the personal finance community that bloggers focus too much on frugality and saving money and not enough on making more money. There’s an endless number of posts about side hustling out there, but admittedly there...
Growing up, I would never have imagined I’d own a business one day. No one in my family ever had a business, and the mere concept seemed foreign to me. I was a product of my environment, which was a...
I was a pretty big David Letterman fan. I started watching him with my brother in 1982, his first year on the late night show. We had an old 13″ Panasonic black and white TV and we’d build forts using...
Artificial Intelligence and technology are rapidly changing jobs and the future of work. The job environment that will exist when you reach financial independence or retire will be very different, perhaps to your advantage. This post is the latest in...
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2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5039 Miles
Running: 314 Miles
Hiking: 46 Miles
Paddling: 86 Miles
Climbing Days: 1
2023 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5400 Miles
Running: 472 Miles
Hiking: 37 Miles
Paddling: 96 Miles
Climbing Days: 6
2022 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5408 Miles
Running: 321 Miles
Hiking: 43 Miles
Paddling: 40 Miles
Climbing Days: 7
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