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After my posts on being broke again at 49 and feeling silent stress, some of you let me have it. Irresponsible. Reckless. Top of the market psychology. Fair. I asked for it. I appreciate the pushback because it forced me to look hard at my risk profile and explain it out loud. So here’s my […]

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A couple days before I published Broke Again At 49, my wife said going to Las Vegas over the long weekend would be a lot of fun. I had floated the idea a couple weeks earlier. Unbeknownst to me, she then spent several hours one night researching hotels, flights, shows, and costs to make it happen. […]

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At some point, you'll find yourself short on money with no obvious way to fix it. You'll have a plan. You'll have strategies. But you won't know exactly where the money will come from. That's where I am right now. So I tried something that might make some of you groan: I manifested money. You've […]

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I have more than 40 financial accounts across four people to manage. More accounts means more questions. Can we spend more? Are we missing a tax opportunity? Does an investment still make sense given everything else we own? For years, answering them meant a spreadsheet, a free Saturday, and a lot of guessing. Then I […]

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One of the reasons I accepted Portfolio Penguin's book deal in 2019 was to demonstrate to my kids the importance of work. Not working sets a bad example if you are a FIRE parent. If I spent two and a half years ideating, writing, editing, and marketing a book they could eventually find in a bookstore, […]

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Part of the American dream is to climb the property ladder and live in the nicest neighborhood possible. We spend more than half our lives at home, so we want a neighborhood that offers as much peace, quiet, safety, and convenience as our budget allows. As an old man with young kids, long gone are the days […]

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I recently shared that I'm 49 and out of cash because a venture capital fund called capital much faster than I expected. I assumed a conservative 30% of my commitment would be called in year one. Instead, 46% was called in just six months. On a $1 million commitment, that's $460,000 out the door instead […]

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