I’m Slowly Losing My W2 Muscles
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...
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How Walkable Is Your Neighborhood?
If part of your financial independence strategy is pursuing geoarbitrage or if you anticipate moving after achieving FI, where you move matters. Walkable neighborhoods have experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years. More and more people are realizing the...
Gig Or Job? The Future Of Gig Economy Jobs
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...
Things I Don’t Miss About Working Full Time
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...
Where You Work Matters, Choose Carefully
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...
I’m Not A Pothead But I Might Be A Burnout
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...
Why Financial Independence Is More Valuable To A Blue Collar Worker
Jobs are traditionally grouped into two main categories, white collar and blue collar. White collar work is generally defined as work being performed in an office setting that does not require manual labor. For all my post-college life I’ve done...
My Post-Retirement Gig – Heavy Machine Operator
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...
Are You Wealthy, Successful, And Miserable?
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...
How I Excelled At My Job And Moved Up Faster Than Others
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...
Smart, Hardworking, And Reliable Is Often Enough
I stumbled upon a really interesting article in USA Today recently that got me thinking about employment in the modern age. The article detailed how many companies are snapping up talented folks even when they don’t have positions available for...
Proof That Less Is More At Work
If you don’t know my story, I went part time at my job in October 2017 after exceeding my target financial independence net worth. I’ve been periodically writing about my experiences with this new lifestyle both at work and outside...
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