I usually make it a point to only check my Fidelity account on the 15th of every month (net worth day) unless it’s an RSU vesting period or ESPP (employee stock purchase plan) day. August 1st is one of two annual ESPP days, and I always sell 100% of my ESPP shares immediately as a… Continue reading Escape Velocity: The Beginning Part of Space
Responsibility
(I’m going full stream of consciousness again. I think the long, cold, rainy early spring is getting to me. I’m going to try not to skew too negative and be grateful at some point.) Feed the fish, feed the dog, feed the kids, feed the fucking sourdough, feed myself at some point, but it’s gotten… Continue reading Responsibility
If You’re Not the Product You’re the Overhead
Do you feel unappreciated at work? Are you treated like a servant by the talent? Are you a support player even though you are highly educated and experienced? You might be part of the overhead. Early in my career I needed a job, any job. I wanted it to be a Tech job since I… Continue reading If You’re Not the Product You’re the Overhead
My Goals for 2025
As is my tradition, I’m going to set some major and minor personal, career and family goals for the year. I’m a little late this year because it’s been a whirlwind holiday season and I just haven’t gotten any time in front of the computer in weeks. This year I have to do some hard… Continue reading My Goals for 2025
2024 Goals Reviewed
Here we are with two weeks remaining in 2024 and I can’t believe how little I posted this year. In my defense, I was out enjoying life for most of the year, and then for the rest of the year I was suffering the fallout of reorg hell. Each year I try to set out… Continue reading 2024 Goals Reviewed
Understanding Provisional Living: Break Free from Future Illusions
A while back I wrote about how the book Die with Zero messed with my head. The long and short is that I spent a lot of years of my life focusing on the future and not paying a lot of attention to the present. I talked about how I gave myself permission to spend… Continue reading Understanding Provisional Living: Break Free from Future Illusions
I’m Doing Enough, I Need to do More
Fair warning, this post is going up as an unpolished stream of consciousness. I took a walk this morning. It wasn’t very long. I walked on my treadmill with the incline set to five while I read a book for 20 minutes. Reading gave me time to think. Then I got on my rower and… Continue reading I’m Doing Enough, I Need to do More
The Big List of Financial Independence and Investing Resources
Friends have started to realize that I’ve managed to make a little money in my life. As such, I keep getting asked about topics like passive income, investing, budgeting, and paying off debt. What I try to explain is that the way I see it, if you want to actually change your financial life, you… Continue reading The Big List of Financial Independence and Investing Resources
What Would You do with $10 Million
I was watching a recent episode of My First Million featuring Nick Gray, who I’d honestly never heard of until this week. Nick is a quirky fellow who seems to throw out ideas like a machine gun, and once again being honest, I kind of like the guy. During the episode, he cited an article… Continue reading What Would You do with $10 Million
Confession: I Started Ordering Guac Every Time
One cliché of the personal finance space is the whole “stop ordering latte’s” thing. I don’t personally care about latte’s, I’m not sure I’ve ever had one, and I trained myself to drink black coffee because anything else seems like wasted calories. Another, more recent cliché is the idea that you’ll know you made it… Continue reading Confession: I Started Ordering Guac Every Time
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