Insights on personal finance, investing, and building long-term wealth.
March 24, 2026
Just Graduated? Here’s What Nobody Tells You About Money. Financial advice after college graduation You walked across a stage, someone handed you a folder that may or may not have contained your actua...
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SERIES 02: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND Financial Independence Isn’t a Number — It’s a Crossover Point Ask people what financial independence means and you’ll get a dollar amount. “A million.” “Two mill...
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SERIES 05: REAL TALK — LIFE STAGES Getting Married? Have the Money Talk Before the Cake Tasting. You’ve discussed kids. You’ve debated where to live. You’ve probably argued about whether a destination...
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SERIES 03: WHAT-IF WEDNESDAY What If You Started Investing at 22 vs. 32? There’s a chart that floats around the internet every few months showing two investors: one who starts early and one who starts...
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SERIES 02: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND The Rule of 72 Is the Only Math You Actually Need I’m going to teach you one piece of math. One. And it’s going to change how you evaluate every financial decisio...
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SERIES 04: MONEY MYTHS THAT NEED TO DIE “The Stock Market Is Basically Gambling” — Sit Down Somebody at work said this to you. Or your dad. Or a guy at a barbecue who lost money on GameStop in 2021 an...
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How to Actually Learn Personal Finance (Without Getting a Degree or Wanting to Die) Nobody sits you down and teaches you this stuff. Not in high school. Not in college. Definitely not at your first jo...
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Inflation Is Why Your Happy Meal Costs $9 Now In 1999, a McDonald’s Happy Meal ran you about $2.50. Chicken nuggets, fries, a toy that would break before you got home, and change back from a five. Tod...
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“Renting Is Throwing Money Away” — No, It’s Not If you’ve ever mentioned renting to a homeowner at a dinner party, you’ve heard it. The head tilt, the knowing look, the inevitable: “You know, renting ...
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What If You Invested Your Car Payment Instead? Invest vs buy new car calculator The average new car payment in the U.S. right now is $738 per month. Sixty months. Sometimes seventy-two. For something ...
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