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The popular image of a FIRE practitioner is someone eating rice and beans, clipping coupons, and driving a car older than their kids. All luxuries are shunned in order to grow their wealth as large as possible to break free sooner. FIRE folks are cheap and should enjoy life more critics say. There's some truth […]

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I’ve been a Google shareholder since 2010 and I'm thankful. But yesterday’s earnings, and the 12% collapse that followed, left me thoroughly disappointed. Search is under siege. Gemini isn’t leading the AI race. And Google is spending like a drunken sailor to catch up. Spending $200 billion in CAPEX is more than the GDP of […]

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With Anthropic’s S-1 now filed with the SEC, over 5,000 employees are about to become extremely wealthy. We’re talking about the median employee making $3 million to $10 million within three years, and likely at least a thousand people making well into eight figures or more. The numbers behind it are astounding. The filing shows $16.3 billion […]

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Earlier this year, I was sick for two weeks. Unfortunately, I’ve had asthma since I was a kid. So when a respiratory illness hits, I tend to cough and suffer longer than the average person. During COVID, my asthma flared up more often, likely due to the stress of having a baby during a pandemic. […]

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If you want to lose weight and gain muscle, join a dad bod or a mom bod challenge. The social pressure to hit your goals will be immense. And if you put a financial penalty for not meeting your goals by a certain date, you will be even more motivated to get fitter. Since graduating […]

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In October 2023, we upgraded to a larger finished home we didn't need. Three years later, I want to share whether it was worth it, so you can make a better decision if you're tempted to do the same. More than any other material item money can buy, a home is the most desirable. The […]

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If you wait too long to start spending your money, you will have wasted many years of unnecessary work, stress, and worry. You'll have traded your best decades for a number on a screen that eventually gets passed to someone else. After another summer living with my parents, I'm even more convinced about 45, my […]

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