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Musings on personal finance and more. Not written with AI since 2012.

Why your goal is to not care about credit cards (if you even care today)

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As you build wealth, the reasons to use credit cards fall away even more. Recently I wrote about my own revelation that, while I love collecting (and using!) frequent flyer miles, eventually, with my own financial goals in place, I … Read More … Read More

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Why you need to work with a digital fiduciary

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It’s not just your financial advisors who need to be fiduciaries too. We need to be able to trust people’s online words and suggestions as well. Trust is hard. How do you know who has your best interests in mind? … Read More … Read More

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Eventually, all you’ll have is excuses

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A challenge to you to rise above whatever it is that you believe is holding you back. … Read More

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How could you make $100,000?

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I’m challenging you to think big about your income, so big that it’s beyond what you might ordinarily think is possible. … Read More

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Why your goal is to not care about frequent flyer miles

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What the impact on wealth accumulation has on playing the frequent flyer mile game. I’ve been collecting frequent flyer miles for years now. I started collecting US Airways miles almost 20 years ago, but the idea that I would somehow … Read More … Read More

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Conferences and community: FinCon 2019 and the Everything Conference

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It’s really late, and I’m feeling more than a little ragged as I write this. But I’m also so jazzed and overwhelmed with gratitude. That’s because I just finished up a two-weekend, two-conference marathon. Last weekend, I was in Washington, … Read More … Read More

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Do you really want to know what other people do with their money?

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In my last job, there was a grassroots push to publish everyone’s salaries. A document was circulated in a clandestine fashion, and everyone was encouraged to enter their own salary details. This went around for a little while before it … Read More … Read More

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Learning about my Social Security with “my Social Security”

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When I was first starting out in the workforce, once a year I would get these forms from the Social Security Administration (SSA). It talked about stuff that felt largely irrelevant to me, but it did include a listing of … Read More … Read More

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Is the 15% rule for investing before tax or after tax?

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Once you’re out of debt, you’re ready to start saving for retirement. (Before you’re out of debt, you’re probably better off just focusing on that, though I think an exception is fair for extremely large debts like mortgages). A good … Read More … Read More

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I’m going to FinCon, because you are not a money nerd

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Why I’m going to FinCon 2019, and the difference between money nerds and the majority of people who just want to make money work for them. I admit it, I’m a money nerd. I read money blogs, read books about … Read More … Read More

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