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In praise of dumbphones

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on July 15, 2013 | Featured

I am one of the only people I know who doesn’t have a smartphone. I’m not bragging about this. I just have decided that at this point, it’s not something I want in my life. I’m not suggesting you … Read More … Read More

Tags: phones, technology

On being remarkable (or World Domination Summit 2013)

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on July 11, 2013 | Featured

How do we live a remarkable life in a conventional world? So goes the tagline and the refrain for the World Domination Summit, a curiously-named conference organized by Chris Guillebeau and located in my home town. … Read More

Tags: World Domination Summit

A conversation about debt

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on July 8, 2013 | Featured

(My friend Saul of Hearts recently posted an article about his experiences with leveraging debt. As I thought it was an interesting take on a subject that I have some strong feelings about, we talked about me writing a response … Read More … Read More

Tags: college, debt, Los Angeles, risk, Saul of Hearts

Why keeping a budget is just like getting a raise

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on July 4, 2013 | Featured

I want you to keep track of what you earn and spend. But why? Is it a deep-seated need to assign homework? No way. Do I want you to become obsessed with your budget and spend hours and hours … Read More … Read More

Tags: budgeting, expenses

Why Charles Dickens’ Micawber was only half right

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on July 1, 2013 | Featured

I will rarely quote Charles Dickens, but here’s a great quote from David Copperfield by the character Wilkins Micawber: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty … Read More … Read More

Tags: budgeting, Charles Dickens

Your work may not be original, but that’s not the point

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on June 27, 2013 | Featured

For those who haven’t read the post about Ze Frank, go watch this video. Go ahead, I’ll wait. A terrible place between zero and one I confess I watched this video with a strange mixture of excitement, amazement, and … Read More … Read More

Tags: Alain de Botton, Death Cab For Cutie, Jackson Pollock, Jon Acuff, love songs, Marcel Proust, originality, Virginia Woolf, Ze Frank

Honorary Ex-Velleitier: Ze Frank

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on June 24, 2013 | Featured

I don’t usually (well actually ever) embed YouTube videos, but I’m going to make an exception here. So please watch this, it’s only 181 seconds long: … Read More

Tags: ex-velleitier, messages, video, Ze Frank

Assume you will return

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on June 20, 2013 | Featured

I’ve been helping to plan some travels for someone else recently, a nice change for me given how often people talk about how they aren’t able to travel. We’re going through all the usual decisions, but knowing that there … Read More … Read More

Tags: pressure, travel

What do you value?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on June 17, 2013 | Featured

Joe Biden, the current US Vice President as of the time of writing (and possibly the most famous person from Delaware), is on record with a great quote: “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and … Read More … Read More

Tags: budgeting, Joe Biden, values

Blog

In praise of dumbphones

On being remarkable (or World Domination Summit 2013)

A conversation about debt

Why keeping a budget is just like getting a raise

Why Charles Dickens’ Micawber was only half right

Your work may not be original, but that’s not the point

Honorary Ex-Velleitier: Ze Frank

Assume you will return

What do you value?

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