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Outsourcing Household Tasks: Are You Optimizing Your Time or Just Being Lazy?
I was driving home from the gym this morning when I passed a sign that said, “We hang Christmas lights.” My very first thought was, why don’t people just hang their own lights? I mean, come on. You climb a ladder, you clip some lights to the gutter, you plug them in. People have been…
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How to Increase Your Net Worth Dramatically in One Year (No Lottery Ticket Required)
Doubling your net worth in a single year sounds like something you’d see on a billboard next to a guy leaning on a rented Lamborghini. But if you’re early in your wealth building journey, it’s a lot more realistic than you’d think. You can increase your net worth much faster than you expect, and you…
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Why an Umbrella Insurance Policy Belongs in Every FI Plan (Especially Now)
Let’s play a quick game. Add up your taxable brokerage account, your home equity, your rental properties, and that suspiciously large cash cushion you swear is “just for emergencies.” Now picture a stranger’s attorney doing the exact same math, except with a much bigger smile on their face. Not so fun anymore, is it? Here’s…
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Why You Need to Set Your Holiday Budget Now (Before December Sets It for You)
Last month I went into a big box store for printer paper and came out having seen a twelve-foot inflatable reindeer, a pallet of peppermint bark, and an entire wall of ugly sweaters. The Halloween candy was still on the shelves. The pumpkins weren’t carved yet. And there was Santa, waving at me from aisle…
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530A (Trump) Accounts: Your Kid Already Has One. Here’s What Parents Need to Know
Congratulations! Your kid has a retirement account. You didn’t open it, you didn’t sign anything, and your seven-year-old definitely didn’t fill out the paperwork, since she’s still working on tying her shoes. On October 1, 2026, the Treasury Department finished automatically opening Trump accounts for every eligible child under 18 with a valid Social Security…
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Simplify Your Portfolio Before Someone Else Has to Untangle It
I have a confession that will surprise nobody who has listened to me talk about money for more than four minutes: my portfolio is a mess. It’s a profitable mess and a well-tracked mess, but it’s a mess. Lately I’ve come around to the idea that it’s time to simplify your portfolio. By “your” I…
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Thinking About Giving Up on FIRE? Maybe You Just Need a Different Savings Rate
Yesterday I was scrolling through Facebook and a post in the EconoMe Conference Facebook group stopped me in my tracks. A member asked this question: “Have you ever seriously considered giving up on FIRE and living ‘normally’?” My first reaction was a little snort. Asking a group of FI conference attendees whether they’ve considered giving…
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The Roth Conversion Window: How Early Retirees Can Escape the Middle Class Trap
I recently signed up for Cole Krilich’s newsletter. He writes about pensions, and since pensions come up on the show more often than you’d think, I figured I should be able to talk about them without nodding politely and hoping Scott jumps in. His latest email covered what he calls a pension holder’s “golden window,”…
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The Bucket List Math Nobody in the FI Community Wants to Do
A friend of mine, also part of the FI community, was over at my house the other day. His youngest just moved out, and he’s finally talking about travel. He said it half joking, but it landed harder than he probably meant it to: “Well, I’ve only got another 20 years or so, so I…
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Underwater on Your Mortgage? Here’s What It Really Means When the Market Turns on You
A real estate agent friend texted me the other day, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. She told me about a young couple, expecting a baby, who bought a two bedroom condo in 2022 for $425,000. Right at the top of the market. Now they need to move out of state, and the…