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 […]
Saving
My $42,000 Emergency Fund
A few years ago, my wife and I had to pull a bunch of cash out of our emergency fund in order to fund the final year of her residency and cover some other big bills that came with her purchasing a practice and starting her career. Most people don’t realize it, but unlike medical […]
The Best Personal Finance Books
I read a lot of books and over the years I’ve compiled a decent reading list of what I think are the best personal finance books. When you think about it, books are an amazing tool with a really high return on investment. You can usually get them for free at the library, so they […]
The Relative Value of Money
There’s a concept that I’ve been thinking about over the past couple of years, especially as I’ve made this transition from a full-time, professional, real job, to a quasi-fake job as a blogger and gig economy worker. It has to do with a concept you could call the relative value of money. When I think […]
A Better Emergency Fund Strategy
One of the common questions I see in the financial independence community is this: What is the best way to handle your emergency fund? It seems like this question has come up even more with the recent launch of high-yield savings accounts from fintech companies like Betterment and Wealthfront, not to mention all of the […]