A short post for a busy Friday … When I chat with friends, I often say that when it comes to money, we all have more than we need by any global standard. We also have a higher standard of living than we would have expected growing up in the 1960s-70s-80s. Because of this, I believe that time is the ultimate luxury. Time to live … Continue reading Bob Dylan: “What’s Money?”
Internet memes get posted by the millions each day and most of them aren’t worth the time you spend looking at them. That’s why today’s post is pretty silly. I saw this dubious meme tonight and got suckered into analyzing it five different ways. There are a lot of dimensions to the claim in this meme – time, inflation, houses, cars, college – and for … Continue reading Life Was Financially Better … When?
A friend had some work done on her house recently and posted online that she was happy to see the vendor using products from the MegaCorp she recently retired from. I too continue to have some loyalty to the MegaCorp packaged goods brands I once worked on. But, it is only that … “some loyalty”. I’m not completely brand loyal just because they still send … Continue reading MegaCorp Loyalty
Our pupper, Riley, celebrated his half-year birthday recently and my wife observed that based on an online calculator, he is now 27 years old in human years. I was surprised that he is already ‘older’ than our adult son by a couple years. It’s shocking to think about how quickly the little pup is aging. As most everyone knows, dogs age at about a 7:1 … Continue reading Dog Days of Life
I’ve been booking a lot of travel recently. We’re heading to Europe in September for a biking trip and going back to Florida next winter. Between those two big trips there are a few smaller trips in the midwest. All together, I booked an amazing 91 nights away from home across the 4 trips. (71 of those were for our winter snowbird trip alone). I … Continue reading Award ‘Winning’ Travel
My son was talking to my wife and I about the power of small, positive habits in our lives. The importance of getting the basics right amid our busy lives. I had saved a Reddit thread of these exact things a few weeks ago. Over 2,000 people commented on the little changes that “made a significant difference” for them. Here they are in ranked order … Continue reading Small, Positive Habits
Independence Day week is halfway through the year and a good time to see how the markets are faring for the year. A MegaCorp colleague posted this chart showing just how strong the S&P 500 has been year-to-date … An old boss used to say, “the best way to have a good year is to anniversary a bad one” – and that might be the … Continue reading Strong First Half …
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