How to Teach Your Kids About Money

Four Lessons from an 8th-Grade Financial Literacy Classroom

Apr 10

Financial Fingerprint

A case study, a vulnerable question, and what it revealed about how we build a life

Apr 3

March 2026

The Seven Levels of Wealth

Why financial independence advice feels wrong for some people

Mar 27

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If You Don’t Do the Math of Your Life, Someone Else Will

Life in four equations

Mar 20

Why I’m Obsessed With Money (But Not for the Reason You Think)

A story about cats, survival mode, and what money actually protects.

Mar 13

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The Income Substitute

The simplest way I know to explain how financial independence works

Mar 6

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February 2026

Money Is a Skill

And Skills Require Practice

Feb 27

The $100 Decision

How $100 a Month Becomes Six Figures (And Why That’s Only Half the Story)

Feb 20

The Only Way Out Is Subtraction

How Subtraction Creates the Space Addition Never Could

Feb 13

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You Can’t Do All the Things (And That’s Not a Personal Failure)

Why Choosing Less Is the Only Way to Do What Matters

Feb 6

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January 2026

Why You’re Not Lazy, You’re Just Unconvinced

The Real Reason People Don't Pursue Financial Independence

Jan 30

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Forget the Emergency Fund. Build a Buffer.

Why protecting your time matters more than preparing for disasters

Jan 23

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