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Finance

How “Cost of Working” Surprisingly Burdens Your Cost of Living

My career was costing me over $2,000/month! This is how I cut my “cost of working” and built a faster and more satisfying path to financial independence.

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Psychology

How to Overcome Coupon Anxiety

Everyone enjoys saving money but why does using a grocery coupon cause such stress? Turn your grocery saving experience around and keep on saving.

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Psychology

Life Is All About Choices (Here’s the Equation to Life’s Wealth)

Your life’s wealth is derived from your choices and your social environment. While you can’t change how life begins, life is all about choices, which you control.

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Finance

Beating the Standard Deduction with Strategic Giving

Here’s how my good friend’s family could boost their net worth by $11K every 5 years through strategic giving!

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Psychology

How FIRE Let’s Me Volunteer to Vaccinate You

Being a pharmacist with a sudden abundance of free time left me with the opportunity to use my fortune to help others. Will you heed the call to action?

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Psychology

FIRE Isn’t Prescriptive (It’s a Spectrum of Personal Choices)

Gaining financial independence has no rule set. No one defines retirement but you. These are 7 ways the FIRE movement misses the personal part.

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Psychology

Specialist vs Generalist: Picking Your Career and Life Path

Specialist vs Generalist: which is better for your career & life? Explore the pros/cons of each and find out how to make the best choice for your FIRE path.

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Finance

GameStop Stock: Why I Worry About the Mania (And VTSAX)

What does GameStop stock mania mean for the future of individual investors vs Wall Street? And do you own GME via VTSAX, VTI, and Vanguard?

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Psychology

Enjoying Retirement: Are You Still a Useful Member of Society?

Overcoming the need to feel useful when you’ve left your career is key to enjoying retirement. Diversify your life to prevent work from being your identity.

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Finance

A Timely Letter to My Teenage Self (The True Cost of College)

A message from the future warning me of the true cost of college may have changed the course of my financial life.