Last week, I listened to MadFientist interview his younger brother (Brian) on his podcast on a canal in Venice, Italy. If you don’t know who the MadFientist is, he is someone who saved and invested a high percentage of his income and retired from corporate America in his early 30’s. His younger brother on the other hand Read more about Bucking Conventional Norms[…]
We all outsource certain tasks in our lives, even the most handy do-it-yourselfers. Things that I would definitely want to outsource include surgery, drafting up an important legal document, insuring a house, the production of my ice cream, etc. When I was a teenager, maybe in high school, I remember being taught that you should Read more about Outsourcing[…]
I love routines in my daily life, almost to a fault. I can see my fiancée rolling her eyes right now. She’d probably classify it as almost compulsive. Here is a non-comprehensive list of things I have set routines for: when I wake up, what I eat for breakfast, when I drink my coffee, when Read more about Routines[…]
I deactivated my Facebook account a couple years ago. Let’s be honest, all I used it for was to see what old high school and college classmates were up to and would get sucked into scrolling the feed for no reason. I was at a point in my life where I wanted to start giving Read more about Diverting Attention[…]
When people ask why you haven’t worked out with them lately or shopped around for lower quotes for auto insurance, what is an easy response to get them off your case? “I haven’t had any time.” A person that responds with that statement is just looking to change the topic of conversation. Maybe they feel Read more about It Is Not a Priority[…]
As I mentioned previously, I have officially left the company where I had been employed for almost six years for another opportunity. Unfortunately I am not financially independent yet, but I think this change is for the better. Six years is like a really long time for a millennial to stay at one employer from Read more about On To New Things[…]
I just finished Fortune’s Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt by Arthur Vanderbilt II and before that, I read Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty by Daniel Schulman. While the books predominately take place over 100 years apart, they share the same notion that massive sums of wealth Read more about Wealth and Families[…]
I recently accepted a new job and am taking a little more than three weeks off in between leaving my old job and starting the new one. The responses from family and friends have been interesting: What are you going to do with all that time off? You don’t want to keep working until closer Read more about Work or Bust?[…]
My current commute is about 15 paces compared to the 15 minute walk it once took me to get to my desk in a traditional office setting. I used to love that 15 minute walk in the morning. It would relax me before what could be a long day in front of the computer. Fresh Read more about Walking[…]
I was listening to Shane Parrish’s interview of Ed Latimore on The Knowledge Project Podcast, when Ed said something that really caught my ear. I had to rewind it to listen again. You’re going to suffer because you’re unattractive and have horrible health, or you’re going to suffer while you’re working out… Difference is one Read more about Choosing How You Suffer[…]