Tagged: psychology

April 25, 2023

Striving For Financial Independence? Find Your Tribe

I track my annual cycling, running, hiking, and paddling miles on the right rail of this blog. A significant portion of my readership comes to my blog for content related to health and fitness and my goal in showing my...

book review

July 19, 2022

Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life – Book Review.

“Daddy, what does it feel like to die?…….. My sweet child, I’m still trying to figure out what it feels like to live.” Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life, is...

finances / psychology

March 1, 2022

This Is Your Brain On Financial Goals

What are your financial goals? Do you wish to reach financial independence and perhaps retire early from the job you don’t really like anymore? Let’s go over some real neuroscience that might help you achieve them. Imagine yourself at age...

psychology / spending

December 7, 2021

The Upgrade Effect

Stuff. We all buy it and need it. In a post a few years back I laid out my three rules of stuff, coming from a frugal and financially independent mindset. And recently I posted about maximizers and satisficers and...

life experience / psychology

October 19, 2021

Achieving Financial Independence On Defense Alone

Regular readers know I grew up on the seedy, crime ridden streets of Baltimore. In the 1970’s and 80’s baseball and football were basically religion in Baltimore. We had the Orioles who were pretty much the best team in baseball...