Author: Accidentally Retired

Betting on a player. Betting on a team. Betting on a league.

The Pitfalls of Playing the Stock Market: Why Index Funds Win Every Time Updated May 11, 2023 In late 2020, after spending significant time talking with fiduciaries and reading The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle, I fired my financial advisor, and took over my investments. My mini-retirement had finally given me… Continue reading Betting on a player. Betting on a team. Betting on a league.

You Don’t Need To Be Happy All the Time To Find Happiness

People misinterpret happiness thinking that it means you should be happy “all the time”. But it’s NOT TRUE. You don’t need to be happy “all the time” to find happiness. In fact, you need bad days just as much as you need good days. And being happy does not mean you are actually happy 24/7.… Continue reading You Don’t Need To Be Happy All the Time To Find Happiness

Four Thousand Weeks Summary

Book Review, Summary, Highlights, and Quotes from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management For Mortals by Oliver Burkeman I first heard about this book on the Tim Ferriss Show. Tim loved the “Cosmic Insignificance Therapy” chapter, but I was hesitant to actually read a book about time management because I feel I’ve got that decently under control.… Continue reading Four Thousand Weeks Summary

The Power of AI: The New Key to Time Freedom and Financial Independence

Artificial Intelligence. It’s the talk of the town right now. From the many uses of ChatGPT from coding to creative writing, and from creating SEO outlines to building entire businesses with only ChatGPT’s advice, we are all trying to figure out how to leverage AI and use it to our advantage. Is ChatGPT actually that… Continue reading The Power of AI: The New Key to Time Freedom and Financial Independence