I’ve already touched on this subject, but questions remain. In my post the point, I explained why even someone (like me ) who loves their job is well served by pursuing the early retirement goal. And in carpe diem, I pointed out that saving for retirement is not really a sacrifice at all. But I’ve […]
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Tribalism
Since I started publishing my own musings on this blog, one thing that has increasingly struck me, is that I may just be preaching to the choir. When reading comments on posts that I’ve written, I’ve detected a pattern. People who are already savers, are often attracted to the ideas of early retirement theory. Likewise, […]
An Embarrassment of Riches
Spending and saving are not mutually exclusive. We all spend money, and most of us save it too. I, for one, do not believe in some Platonic ratio of saving to spending. If there were such a ratio, (say a perfect 65% savings rate,) then it would be easy to tell someone if they were […]
Split Personality
You may have noticed that I’m not exactly ideologically consistent. In some posts you will find me waxing poetic about global warming, avoiding prejudice, income inequality, progressive taxation and the need for more upward mobility built into the structure of our society. Why don’t we just call this character, “Gand-me.” Gand-Me at your service… In […]
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