Three years ago, I started tracking my happiness using Jim Collins’ system that he devised and spoke about on The Tim Ferriss Show. Last year, after a request from a reader, I launched the Happiness Tracker Spreadsheet, so that you too can track your happiness. Why track your happiness? Tracking my happiness has helped me to ensure that I… Continue reading Happiness Revisited: did early retirement have an impact?
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Why a transient life beats peanut butter on pancakes
Olaf is the blogger behind MileHighFinanceGuy.com, where he shares a variety of posts on financial topics and reflections on life and money. He previously worked as an advisor at one of the largest financial firms in the US. While there, Olaf regularly helped people decide what to do with old 401(k)s, construct investment portfolios, and… Continue reading Why a transient life beats peanut butter on pancakes
How to use lists to improve your well being
Lists are my secret happiness weapon…perhaps they can help you too? Updated: January 7th, 2022 There is no doubt about it, I am a list man. I have to-do lists for daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and lifetime activities. I have a list of life mantras and goals, a bucket list, a list of things that… Continue reading How to use lists to improve your well being
The FIRE Insights Survey #5
The FIRE Insights Survey Welcome to the fifth FIRE Insights Survey! Last month’s survey was really fun to put together and again received a great response. The goal of the survey is to measure interest/blogger sentiment in various asset classes over time, highlight great content, and source advice/recommendations for our community of readers. This month, I… Continue reading The FIRE Insights Survey #5
In praise of the dumbphone and leaving the smartphone behind forever
Amanda from Counting Cathedrals, saw my recent article about how I locked my cell phone in a safe for 24 hours to escape the need for a constant dopamine hit. Then she reached out with her own personal experience. Amanda, who is on a quest to see a basketball game in all 350+ college arenas,… Continue reading In praise of the dumbphone and leaving the smartphone behind forever