The Retirement Black Hole Approaching your retirement is the single greatest accomplishment of your career. You have worked your a$$ off and now you have built up enough net worth to have your money work for you, and not the other way around. And yet, for most of us, you don’t really know what life… Continue reading Approaching your retirement date is like approaching a black hole
Author: Accidentally Retired
The F.I.R.E. Planner: A step-by-step workbook to reach your full financial potential
This is the exact book that I needed a year ago I was on the brink of leaving my high paying CEO job and I had just negotiated to leave my position. Now I was trying to figure out what to do next. My initial plan was to take a mini-retirement for six months. And… Continue reading The F.I.R.E. Planner: A step-by-step workbook to reach your full financial potential
Do I own my own mutual fund?
What do you do when you are left holding many, many, individual stocks? I fired my financial advisor last fall, only to find that I now own my own a mutual fund of 80 stocks. So if you were wondering what happens if you stick your head in the sand. Now you know. This is… Continue reading Do I own my own mutual fund?
Choosing, tracking, and data visualizing all of the happiness
Track, graph, and improve your happiness. Plus a March happiness update! A few years ago, I started tracking my happiness using Jim Collins’ system that he devised and spoke about on The Tim Ferriss Show. And, last month I launched the Happiness Spreadsheet, so that you too can track your happiness. If you track your… Continue reading Choosing, tracking, and data visualizing all of the happiness
Sapiens Book Review – A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Book Review, Highlights, and Quotes from Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari AR’s Sapiens Review Wow. Holy sh*t. This book just blew my mind. What Harari has done in Sapiens is simply a piece of art that could not be replicated. It is no wonder that Bill Gates and Barack Obama gloss the front and back… Continue reading Sapiens Book Review – A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari