Behold! the power of the Innernet: Apparently you can now take a 6-week course on financial planning and become a financial expert. Kinda puts my 15 years experience at this gig to shame, doesn’t it? One of the most famous of said “budgenista” programs is sold by a big-name celebrity in the financial world. A […]
My multiverse theory of financial planning
One of my all-time favorite superhero “reboots” is Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. I realize it’s not the first (nor will it be the last) reboot, but it’s one that seems the most “real” to me. And yet… by today’s standards, it’s an “old” movie. It will probably be redone again and again and […]
What the Doctrine of the Mean can teach you about making better financial decisions
Let’s rap philosophical. One of the most influential and well-known philosophers in history was Aristotle. As part of his ethics, he advocated something called “The Doctrine of The Mean”. This doctrine says (and I am paraphrasing) that virtue lies between two vices. Think of a straight line with a vice on each side and virtue […]
More money secrets from our honeymoonaversary, revealed
Just to recap if you’re new here… Many moons ago, my wife and I went on a honeymoonaversary. Since we didn’t go on a honeymoon (for reasons I won’t go into here), and instead went on our honeymoon on our anniversary, we combined the 2 into 1. Anywho, here is the full recap from 2017: […]
My 401-keg plan
Back in my jerkwater home town, about the only kind of beer people drink is the cheap stuff… except, when you go out to a bar (and it doesn’t have to be a fancy bar either), there’s almost always Yuengling on tap. Now if ye wasn’t born in or around Pennsylvania, mayhaps you’ve never heard […]