The Archive
Every post I've written, in reverse chronological order.
Taste it Before You Can Afford It · July 21, 2026 · How a sample of the life you dream about tells you whether it’s the life you want.
You Can Look Wealthy or Build Wealth. Pick One. · July 14, 2026 · To be wealthy, you have to resist the gravitational pull of other people’s opinions.
The First Tastes of Freedom on the FI Journey · July 7, 2026 · The days are long but the years are quick. A retrospective of the patience and principles that got me to the freedom I experience today.
Not the Lattes. Here’s What Actually Retires You Early. · June 30, 2026 · The choices you don’t think matter and how they affect when you become FI.
Six Things I Wish My 45-Year-Old Self Had Known · June 23, 2026 · What I would send back to the guy standing on a glacier at 45, with a job he loved, a life mostly right, and a few things still missing.
The 10-Year Window Most People Miss · June 16, 2026 · A Paris café at dawn, a fountain pen, and the question that wouldn't let go. Why the decade between 45 and 55 is the most strategically leveraged window of your financial life — and what most people do instead.
The Four Types of Work — And the One Most People Never Reach · June 9, 2026 · A mountain overlook, a career-defining decision, and why most people never reach the one type of work that makes everything else worth it.
I'm Not Leaving Yet — And Here's Why You Might Not Want to Either · June 2, 2026 · The difference between one more year syndrome, inertia, and actually being ready.
The Three Paths Out of Midlife Stagnation · May 26, 2026 · A teenager runs 650 miles across a continent on overnight trains for a ten-pack of tacos. And somehow that may explain exactly where you are right now in your financial independence journey.
Reclaiming the Part of Me I Thought I’d Lost · May 19, 2026 · The strange thing about losing yourself to a career is that it usually happens while you're winning. This is a story about reclaiming and capturing some of the truest parts of ourselves while on the FI journey.
The Five Questions Every FI Journey Eventually Forces You to Answer· May 12, 2026 · Five questions the spreadsheet can't answer, but your FI journey eventually will.
The Stop I Almost Slept Through · May 5, 2026 · The invisible cost of staying where you are too long.
Joy in the Most Unexpected Places · April 28, 2026 · A bartender, a secret off-menu dessert, and a lesson about what happens when you stop trying to win the room.
The Gilded Cage · April 21, 2026 · What it actually feels like when the math says you're free but the engine keeps running.
Three Versions of Enough · April 14, 2026 · Financial independence is one kind of enough. But there are two others, and most people never name or even consider them.
Cutting the Ankle Weights: How I Finally Reclaimed My Life · April 7, 2026 · How it feels to cut loose the things that look like success but feel like an anchor.
From the River to the Corner Office — And Back Again · March 31, 2026 · The seasons of your career and what I wish someone had told me about each one.
Fresh Tracks: What a Glacier Taught Me About the Second Half of Life · March 24, 2026 · The avalanche control crew triggers the release on their own terms, before the mountain decides for them. So should you on your FI journey.
The Harder Trail: Why FINE is the Adventure Worth Taking · March 17, 2026 · A mathematical deep dive into the Financial Independence Next Endeavor (FINE) framework, and why the trail that looks harder from the bottom but is more enjoyable and leads somewhere better.
How FI Led Me to FINE: A New Way to Think About the Second Half of Life · March 10, 2026 · The story of how I became a believer in FINE: retiring younger, making a meaningful contribution, and having a smoother transition into retirement.
Your Financial Road Map: 10 Signposts to a Rich, Meaningful Life · March 3, 2026 · What does 'enough' actually look like and how do you build toward it deliberately instead of just hoping you arrive?
7 Principles That Can Help You Build a Rich, Balanced Life · February 24, 2026 · Seven ideas that quietly reframe how you think about building a life — not just a portfolio.
The Moment I Realized the Life I Built Wasn’t the Life I Wanted · February 18, 2026 · Scraping ice off my car thousands of miles from the life I missed, I knew something had to change.