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Thoughts on reinvention, clarity, work, money, and the quiet decisions that shape a life. New essays each week as we explore what it means to build a life with intention.
Taste It Before You Can Afford It
At twenty-six, we ate baguettes on the steps of Montmartre and dreamed of a life we could not yet afford. It turned out that was not a distraction from building toward that life. It was the foundation of it. Most people in the FI community know how to get there. Very few have been specific enough about what they are building toward. This post is about that question.
You Can Look Wealthy or Build Wealth. Pick One.
At sixteen I drove a $500 Gran Torino and revved the engine at stoplights hoping someone would notice. Nobody did. Most of us are still doing a version of this today. The car is nicer. The stakes are higher. And the cost is bigger than we realize.
The First Tastes of Freedom on the FI Journey
A bathroom fan with a loose bearing. A chart on the refrigerator. A heart racing at midnight over a spreadsheet. This is what building financial freedom actually sounds like from the inside. And what it feels like when it finally starts to arrive.
Not the Lattes. Here's What Actually Retires You Early.
His name was Steve. Long hair, Harley-Davidson, youth pastor at a church I had little connection to. He had a gift for finding the kids nobody else was looking for. He took us to the cliffs along the Potomac and taught us to climb. I learned a lot on those rock faces. About gear. About trust. About what it means to believe something before you fully understand it.