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The Next Day: A Post for the Age(s)
Last summer I was visiting my hometown. I was at a friend’s place at a nearby lake for the day. After a great day of catching up with old friends and spending some time on the boat, it was time to get home. I rode my motorcycle there, but another friend also needed to get… Read more
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Ecological Economics 101: The Real Costs of Living
In the age of Covid-19, large cities have turned into giant prisons, with billions of people ‘stuck’ in their houses. The almighty economy that took ten years to recover from the last global crisis crumbled in a matter of weeks. And evident by fights over toilet paper in grocery stores, our societal fabric may be… Read more
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The Resolution 2019: Wrap-up
In 2018, I posted monthly about my spending tracking. After feeling like it had become too much the focus of my blog, I moved away from it in 2019, although I continued to track spending (along with virtually everything else quantifiable in my life as I do). But with 2019 having come to a close… Read more
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FIRE on a Rainy Day
A few weeks ago I was at home in Mexico for a late-season rain. I’ve been adding a new level and unit onto my small home in Baja California Sur. Although I expected the construction to be completed sometime in October, the finishing touches continued to drag on. This meant that with my two pre-existing… Read more
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My First Podcast – Get Paid For Your Pad
Ironically, shortly after posting my latest post on health, I started to experience some crippling back pain. This has stifled a lot of aspects of my life, including creative pursuits such as my blog. As I start to see some small signs of improvement today, I was inspired to share this here for my readers… Read more
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Health Management is Wealth Management
Wealth management is a well understood concept. But given the current health trends, it seems that the importance of health management is lost on most.
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4 Must Haves: Personal Finance Apps (Guest Post)
There’s a first time for almost everything. And that even includes guests posts on this blog! Recently Money Done Right reached out and pitched a few ideas for a guest post to Freedom 33. Because we all know how much I believe in the power of tracking (I decided I need to gain a better… Read more
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The Happiness Index
For what’s money without happiness? Or hard times without the people you love? -J. Cole, Love Yourz No, this is not a discussion of some hip new ETF that I have found. Instead, I wanted to bring to your attention some recent research that may change the way we quantify happiness, which has all sorts… Read more
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What You Say You Are and the Food of Thought
What you’re thinking about, you’re becoming. -Mohammed Ali Your perception is your reality. We move through the world with a story about ourselves in our heads that we call our identity. We tell ourselves that we’re ‘rich’ or that we’re ‘poor’, and the words we choose to use to describe our reality become real in… Read more
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How to Change Your Mind: Right Thought
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