The Default Life Script Is Expensive
A series about money for people young enough to still get the full head start.
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Honest reflections from the other side of work.
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Magic Beans
This spring I planted a garden where the chicken coop used to be. I want you to sit with that sentence for a second, because I didn't. Years of ch
Money Is Not the Goal. Freedom Is.
A series about money for people young enough to still get the full head start.
One-Man Wolf Pack
It's been a while since my last post. Here's the honest version. I've been buried in writing a book. And finding the time to actually wri
The Cost of Chaos
I like order. Probably more than I should. I like when things have a home. Keys go here. Shoes go there. Tools go back where they belong. Sticks tha
My Last Day in the Office
This was it. Fifteen years of hard work, and finally I was walking out for the last time. My very own independence day. Or, as scholars will look b
What a Custodian Actually Does
We have a family friend, Mary. She’s been around my wife’s family forever. Raised her kids, watched them grow up - the whole thing. The kind of perso
The Last Crib
They all tell you it goes fast. You hear it when your kids are babies. You hear it when they start walking. You hear it from older parents with that
The Return of Curiosity. And Hot Chicken.
One of the unexpected perks of this whole early retirement thing has been having a friend to go through it with. He and I went to grad school togethe