Was I actually ready for FIRE? The honest answer
Everyone asks if I was really ready for FIRE. The honest answer is that I didn’t fully know. And I […]
The decision that changed my money mindset — long before I understood investing
I didn’t build my money mindset by studying markets. I built it by keeping a single promise to myself, over
The books that taught me how to actually pick investments
Everyone wants to know which stock to buy. Almost nobody asks how to actually pick investments with any real framework.
The least exciting part of my portfolio is the one I trust the most
The asset nobody asks me about When people ask about my portfolio, they want to talk about the properties or
5 books that shaped me before I ever bought a stock
Before the numbers, there was the mindset People often ask what I read to learn about investing. The honest answer
FIRE and caregiving for elderly parents
The timing nobody plans for I spent decades working toward financial independence. Saving from 22, investing from 35, building rental
Rent pays my bills. Dividends let me keep investing. Here’s how I split the two.
Everyone assumes it’s the stock portfolio When people ask how I fund my life without a salary, they expect me
I went back to work after lay-off. Here’s why I decided to leave for good.
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way Six years into one company, I was laid off. I won’t pretend that
The day I knew FIRE wasn’t just a plan anymore
I didn’t leave my corporate career because I’d been dreaming of the exit for years. It happened in two parts
The investing mistake I made — and it wasn’t a bad stock pick
People often ask me what my biggest investing mistake was. They expect a story about a stock that crashed, or