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...
Throughout most of my career I’ve held a second job as an adjunct instructor at a local University. After my salary at my main job got to a certain point, I often wondered why I was doing this. I didn’t...
How bad is financial illiteracy in the US? How about the world? Bloomberg ran this piece discussing a three question financial literacy test which was given as part of the Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey to 16,000 people in 15 countries. Here...
“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...
If you landed on my blog because you like reading about financial independence or early retirement and are wondering why I’m reviewing a book titled “Why We Sleep”, fear not. Here’s the deal – most people are under slept because...
One of the key rules for smart money management is to focus on the “big three”. What are the big three? For the vast majority of households the three biggest expenses are housing, transportation, and food. If you save the...
My first job out of college earned me $20,000 per year, which is about $35,000 in today’s dollars. Not exactly a high income start to my career, but I was just happy to land a job. When I got out...
You read that right. Is it? I mean, if your job and what it produces went away tomorrow, would the world be worse off? That’s the thrust behind a book from a guy named David Graeber, and this article from...
I went part time at my job in October 2017 after exceeding my target financial independence net worth. I wrote about my initial experience with my new freedom last November, and again in April. It’s my intention to keep doing...
One of the biggest decisions you can make financially is whether to buy a home or not. Additionally, where you live will have a huge effect on whether affordable housing is available and on how much you make in your...
To me, it can be harder than ever today to separate perception and reality. There’s just too much information out there, so it’s often a forest/trees issue. So yesterday I saw this from Bloomberg – despite what you think or what...
As I mentioned in my last book review, I was hesitant to start a blog for the simple reason of the social media time necessary to market and get readership. I’m not a fan. In his book, “Deep Work”, Cal...
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