2026 Looking Ahead
Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe this decade, the 20s, is halfway over? It’s also hard to believe that both of my kids are no longer little babies anymore. In fact, Kid 2.0 will …
Happiness & Joy
Having the right money mindset means knowing what happiness and joy means to you. Some Life lessons, tips, and reflections on how to create a happy and joyful life.
10 lessons I’ve learned from 25 years of investing
I started DIY investing while I was in university. Back then, I bought a few stocks based purely on recommendations. Honestly, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I didn’t know much about …
Would You Take $2 Million for 60-hour Work Weeks? Answering Life’s Toughest Money Dilemmas
The other day, we were playing That Escalated Quickly, in which one player would pick a question card, the other players would pick out a number card from 1 to 10 and come up with …
Early Retirement Q&A with Dividend Daddy
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. Because the community is made up of folks who have different backgrounds and different ages, it’s very diverse (not just Caucasian …
2025 Goals and Resolutions – Q3 Update
With Q3 2025 in the books, it is time for a quarterly update on my 2025 goals and resolutions. For those of you who are new, since 2019, I have set goals and resolutions at …
Q&A with Mark from My Own Advisor – Reaching FIWOOT
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. Because the community is made up of folks who have different backgrounds and different ages, it’s very diverse (not just a …
Semi-Retirement Q&A with Mark McGrath
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. One thing I appreciate from the diverse FIRE community is that there are people ahead of us who are always willing …