It’s common knowledge that college tuition costs have been escalating rapidly. And nothing reflects this more than the student loan crisis in America. As of November 2018 Americans owe $1.56 trillion in student loan debt. That’s almost 3 times the...
We crested the ridge and all I saw was another steep slope climbing endlessly up. “This is climbing…” I said to myself, “…stop complaining. This is why you came halfway across the world, get on with it…” We were ascending...
Happy Monday readers! I was fortunate to be asked to appear on the What’s Up Next Podcast a while back with Cody from FlyToFi, Grant from MillennialMoney, and Mrs. Groovy from Freedom is Groovy. Despite being from different generations we...
When Uber first came on the scene I largely ignored them. I thought the idea was great, one of those “Why didn’t I think of that” ideas that’s both simple and revolutionary. I love seeing industries get disrupted, especially old...
In 2018 healthcare costs in America will outpace inflation. It may come as a surprise to many, but that’s the first time since 2010 that’s happened. Yep. As Bloomberg puts it: Health-care inflation has been partly restrained by limits on...
As I mentioned in a previous post, I buy stuff deliberately and carefully. By that I mean that I put some analysis into it. I try not to over-analyze, but there are databases of reviews online and the ability to check...
On November 26th NASA landed he robot “Insight” on Mars. Read that again. They put a robot on Mars. “Didn’t we do that back in the 70’s?” you may be thinking. Yes, we did. We first landed a spacecraft successfully...
The idea for this post popped in my head, like most do, on a long bike ride. The markets had just seen a few days of massive declines. To me it’s nothing worth noting. I’ve been there, and done that. ...
If you’re new to my story, I’m financially independent and went part-time at my W2 job last October. Since then I’ve had a lot more time to create things. I wrote a while back about my schizophrenic brain, I have...
Ugh, out of ice cubes again. What a pain. I have to pour water from my water filter into my two ice cube trays and put them back in the freezer. Back in April my 25 year old refrigerator started...
Cars. Ahhh cars. The most holy of holys in America. If you follow my blog you know that I have a difficult relationship with cars and driving. In a nutshell, I feel we’d be far better off with fewer cars...
As many of you know I am an outdoor sports fanatic and spend as much time as possible playing in nature. Whether it’s mountain biking, running, kayaking, paddle boarding, mountaineering, or just good ole hiking and camping, I love it...
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