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Job Advice You Might Need One Day

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...

Employment Trends In The Time Of COVID-19 16

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Employment Trends In The Time Of COVID-19

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...

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Let’s Celebrate Quitting

In 2012 Kathleen Edwards had it all.  She was a famous singer-songwriter with critically acclaimed albums and numerous music awards to her name.  You may have never heard of her, but Edwards was not a minor act.  She appeared on...

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I May Never Go Back To Work Again

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...

What Are The Fastest Growing Occupations In America? 12

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What Are The Fastest Growing Occupations In America?

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...

The Trade-Offs Of Going Part Time 31

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The Trade-Offs Of Going Part 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 20...

Celebrate Labor 10

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Celebrate Labor

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...

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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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