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What’s New In My Life – We Had A Baby!

Last Updated on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 30 Comments
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Four weeks ago, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world – a healthy baby boy that, on this blog, we’ll call Financial Cub. I know – big news! I’ve been admittedly slow to share this information since obviously a lot has been going on, but now that it’s been a month, […]

$600,000 Earned In A Decade – What Do I Have To Show For It?

Last Updated on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 14 Comments
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Earlier this month, I put together two posts looking back at the past decade of my life (which you can read here and here). I’ve had a lot of important and formative events happen to me over the past decade – graduating law school, starting my first job, meeting my wife and getting married, quitting […]

My Decade In Review, Part 2: Diverging Off The Clear Career Path

Last Updated on January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 11 Comments
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This Part 2 of my Decade-In-Review. Please read Part 1 if you’re interested in learning more about how I ended up here. I left off my last post at the point where I’d just graduated from law school, moved into an apartment with my girlfriend, and was getting ready to start my first real job […]

My Decade In Review, Part 1: How I Started On This Road

Last Updated on January 12, 2020January 3, 2020 11 Comments
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With the end of one decade and the start of a new decade, I thought now might be a good time to take a look at the past ten years of my life and reflect on where I came from and how I ended up where I am today. A decade is sort of a […]

The Impact Of Friction And How It Holds Us Back From Getting Things Done

Last Updated on November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 8 Comments
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When I quit my job earlier this year to go all-in on this blog, I knew that I had a few housekeeping tasks that I needed to complete. This included rolling over my 403b to my Solo 401k and getting health insurance before my 60-day COBRA retroactive period came to an end. Of course, both […]