Work Optional – Your Money or Your Life for the Modern Pragmatist
If you write, read, or even dip your toe into the financial independence space, then you’ve read Our Next Life. In only a few years of existence, Tanja Hester’s blog has rocketed from a brand-new site...
View ArticleA Response to a Manifesto
Last week, an 8,000 word blog post called The Alt-FI Manifesto was published on the Freedom is Groovy blog. It got a huge number of reactions in the personal finance community, and none of them...
View ArticleThe Case Against Charity
Earlier this year the personal finance community got into a heated debate about charitable giving. The conversation kicked off with a thread of tweets from Tanja of Our Next Life. Tanja’s thread was...
View ArticleWhen is Shaming Okay?
When we last met, we discussed donating money to charity and the pushback that comes when you publicly encourage people to donate more. The discussion in the personal finance community originally...
View ArticleVictim Mentality and the Personal Finance Community
I’ve found a lot of value in seeking out opinions I disagree with and working to understand them better. I have learned a lot more from this approach than from standard debates where both sides are dug...
View ArticlePolitics and Your Wallet – The LIFT Act
People in the personal finance community tend to avoid talking about politics like the plague. I understand the inclination. Politics can be divisive and we want to bring people together. We want our...
View ArticlePolitics and Your Wallet – Baby Bonds
While many writers in the personal finance community shy away from politics, we should instead be spending more time understanding and explaining politics to our readers. The decisions that politicians...
View ArticlePersonal Finance and Politics
You may have noticed that I talk about the intersection of politics and personal finance from time to time. To time. To time. To time. To time. Etc. I always get some pushback, but I keep going because...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes
A lot of blogs are centered on people’s personal journeys. They are chronicling some aspect of their life or using personal anecdotes to help teach lessons. They talk about themselves and give you a...
View ArticlePolitics and Your Wallet – Warren’s Wealth Tax
In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a race for president that’s been going on in the United States. For the past 14 months. That will last another 9 months. Sigh. With that in mind, we’ve been spending...
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