If you’re a new reader and not familiar with my story, I reached financial independence accidentally by saving money and investing. I semi-retired and went “half-time” to 20 hours a week at my job in late 2017. I’ve been doing...
My arms were starting to go numb and the sweat poured off my chin. My boss Joe kept throwing 40 pound bags of fertilizer onto the pile from the top of the rack, and expected me to move them off...
A frequent complaint of the personal finance community is that it’s too focused on frugality and not enough on earning more money. I attempted to address this issue from my perspective with a post detailing things I did to get...
It would be a bit of an understatement to say the COVID-19 has changed employment across America in 2020. Back in April unemployment peaked at 14.7% with over 23 million people unemployed (not 40 million as the mainstream media continues...
COVID-19 has put a lot of people out of work. In many cases states and jurisdictions have forbidden certain businesses from operating, which obviously makes it hard to stay employed if you work at that business. In other cases businesses...
Regular readers know I scaled down to 20 hours a week in 2017 after 23 years at my W2 job. Since then I’ve been going in twice a week, two ten hour days, and it’s been glorious. I’ve used my...
I’ve written on numerous occasions about the future of work and how new technologies will impact it. The labor force is a constantly changing and evolving entity, with expanding and shrinking parts driven by societal and technological changes. If I...
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 20...
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. was in it’s strongest job market in 50 years. In January I wrote about the incredible bull market that dominated the last decade. The spectacular rising curve of equities in the past 10 years...
STEM, STEM, STEM, that’s all you’ve been hearing, right? These days it seems kids are being discouraged from seeking liberal arts degrees by people who think they’ll be unemployable without a STEM degree. I’m here to tell you, that’s nonsense....
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...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the U.S. Federal Agency responsible for measuring and reporting job market activity. This includes unemployment, inflation data, and other key measures. When you hear a CNBC host cite U.S. unemployment figures, those numbers...
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2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 1698 Miles
Running: 141 Miles
Hiking: 19 Miles
Paddling: 10 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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