Here you can find every article I’ve ever written. Happy reading!
Top 10 Most Read
1. The Early Retirement Grid
2. The Math That Explains Why Net Worth Goes Crazy After the First $100k
3. How to Build Wealth
4. Charlie Munger: The First $100,000 is a B*tch
5. I Just Quit My Job
6. A Modern Approach to Financial Independence
7. The Three Circles of Wealth Creation
8. Some Thoughts on Having No Salary
9. Build a Workforce. Don’t Build a Workload.
10. Attract Money by Creating Value for a Specific Audience
2021
August 6 – The Ad Revenue Grid
July 13 – Attract Money by Creating Value for a Specific Audience
March 26 – The 5-Hour Workday
January 31 – The Math That Explains How to Get Rich with Websites
2020
December 27 – My 2020 Annual Review
October 28 – 10 Insights From 10 Financial Charts
October 21 – How Often Does the Stock Market Deliver Average Returns?
October 14 – Should You Invest in Emerging Markets?
October 7 – Goodhart’s Law: Be Careful What You Measure
September 30 – The Opposite of the Latte Factor
September 23 – Investing is About Absolute Numbers, Not Percentages
September 16 – How to Apply Zipf’s Law to Your Finances
September 9 – My Favorite Lessons from The Algebra of Happiness
September 2 – SEO is the Perfect Example of Compound Interest
August 26 – Take Simple Ideas Seriously
August 5 – Money Lessons They Don’t Teach You in School
July 29 – The Biggest Misunderstanding About Compound Interest
July 22 – On Playing Infinite Games
July 15 – Actually Helpful Tips for Negotiating Salary
July 8 – How to Live Like a Millionaire Without $1 Million
July 1 – The Road to My First $7,000/Month in Online Income
June 24 – Things I’ve Learned from James Clear
June 17 – My Income Stack: Websites, REITs, and Stocks
June 10 – 5 Lessons I Learned During My First Year of Entrepreneurship
June 3 – How I Created a Profitable Website from Scratch in 9 Months
May 27 – On Using Digital Assets to Build Wealth
May 20 – The Income Community: How to Build Profitable Websites from Scratch
May 13 – Things I’d Tell Myself at 18 that I Now Know at 26
May 6 – The Secret to Building Wealth with Permissionless Leverage
April 30 – The Road to My First $6,000/Month in Online Income
April 28 – HCOL vs. LCOL Areas: The Financial Pros & Cons
April 23 – Building Profitable Websites to Speed Up the Journey to Financial Independence
April 21 – Using Data to Debunk Common Money Misconceptions
April 16 – Freelancing vs. Entrepreneurship: Which is Right For You?
April 9 – Build a Workforce. Don’t Build a Workload.
April 7 – How to Apply “Alchemy” to Personal Finance
April 2 – Why I Stopped Caring About My Net Worth So Much
March 31 – Visualizing Stock Sector Returns Since 1974
March 24 – VTI vs. VXUS: Which Fund Should You Invest In?
March 19 – What Percentage of Your Portfolio Should Be in Cash?
March 17 – 8 Thoughts on Stocks & Coronavirus
March 10 – The Three Circles of Wealth Creation
March 5 – Why Does The Stock Market Go Up Over Time?
March 3 – How to Handle a Potential Stock Market Crash
February 27 – Why Poor Investment Returns Early On in Your Financial Journey Could be a Blessing in Disguise
February 25 – The Hardest Thing Tends to Be the Most Important Thing
February 20 – Every $1 You Invest Now Will Be Worth $7.61 in 30 Years
February 18 – Do You Need a 9-5 Job to Have a Social Circle?
February 13 – Lessons in Entrepreneurship: How to Calculate Self-Employment Tax
February 6 – REITs vs. Rental Properties: Which is Better?
February 4 – Five Steps to Optimize Your Finances
January 30 – On Buying Cash Cows & Building Empires
January 23 – On Self-Employment: Taxes, Health Care, & Productivity
January 16 – Some Thoughts on Having No Salary
January 14 – What is Barista FIRE?
January 9 – A Guide to Creating a Four Fund Portfolio
January 7 – Is College Still Worth It? Here’s What the Data Says.
January 2 – Visualizing Stress vs. Salary for 600+ Occupations
2019
December 26 – A Modern Approach to Financial Independence
December 20 – The 50 Coolest Things I Read & Watched in 2019
December 13 – Stock Returns: Small Cap vs. Mid Cap vs. Large Cap
December 11 – VT vs. VTI: Which Index Fund Should You Invest In?
December 9 – Why Investing in Websites Can Be Lucrative
December 6 – Build Wealth with Lazy Portfolios
December 4 – Visualizing Income Percentiles in the United States
December 2 – Chop Wood, Carry Water: How to Find Fulfillment in Being
November 29 – Should You Buy Stocks Now or Wait?
November 27 – The Value of Setting Mid-Term Goals
November 25 – Understanding The Three Types Of Income
November 23 – Goodhart’s Law: Be Careful What You Measure
November 22 – How (And Why) To Calculate Your Liquid Net Worth
November 20 – 19 Income Producing Assets to Build Wealth
November 18 – 5 Reasons to Start a Passion Project
November 15 – How (and Why) To Simplify Your Life
November 12 – The Easiest Way to Satisfy the Feeling of “Fernweh”
November 11 – Rich Dad Poor Dad: The Best Summary
November 8 – 9 Personal Finance Lessons I’ve Learned on Reddit
November 6 – Strategy vs. Tactics: Why You Need Both to Get What You Want in Life
November 4 – Why Money is Everything
November 1 – The Complete Guide to VTSAX
October 30 – Living Stingy vs. Living Frugally: The Key Difference
October 25 – A Guide to FIRECalc: My Favorite Retirement Calculator
October 24 – VOO vs. VOOG vs. VOOV: What’s the Difference?
October 22 – The Paradox of Choice: Why Complete Freedom Can Be Paralyzing
October 21 – M1 Finance: My Preferred Platform for Investing in Individual Stocks
October 14 – Should You Rebalance Your Portfolio?
October 11 – Are REITs and Stocks Correlated?
October 9 – How to Save $1 Million in 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 Years
October 3 – Realistic Ways to Make $2,000 Fast
September 26 – Investing in Socially Responsible Stocks vs. Sin Stocks
September 23 – The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Slow FI
September 21 – VOO vs. VFIAX: What’s the Difference?
September 19 – Three Life Lessons from “How to Do Nothing”
September 17 – My Online Income Journey: From $0 to $3k/month and Beyond
September 13 – My Three Biggest Takeaways from FinCon 2019
September 12 – VYM vs. VIG: Which Dividend ETF is Better?
September 10 – The Ivy Lee Method: A Daily Routine to Maximize Productivity
September 6 – The Connection Between Zen and Personal Finance
September 3 – Is Blogging a Realistic Way to Earn a Full-Time Living?
September 2 – September 2019 Financial Update
August 30 – FI Tracker: An App That Tracks Your Progess Towards Financial Independence
August 29 – Life Outside the 9-5
August 23 – Why I Traded a High Income with Low Growth for a Low Income with High Growth
August 21 – What Exactly is Lean FIRE? A Minimalist Approach to Financial Independence
August 15 – First Principles Thinking: Should You Invest in a 401(k)?
August 9 – Why Stock Market Volatility Doesn’t Faze Me
August 8 – The Optimal Amount of Time to Spend Working Each Day, According to Research
August 7 – How to Gain a Better Understanding of the Things That Bring You Joy
August 5 – When Work Feels Like Play, Retiring Doesn’t Make Sense
August 3 – VTSAX vs. VFIAX: Which Index Fund is Better?
August 2 – How Much Should You Spend on Trips?
July 31 – Why Fast Growth is a Myth
July 30 – Can the Previous Decade of Stock Market Returns Predict Future Returns?
July 29 – What if You Only Bought Stocks After the Market Had a Down Year?
July 26 – 10 Thoughts on Work & Life After One Month of Quitting My Job
July 25 – Articles That Have Had a Profound Impact on My Life
July 24 – How to Increase Your Income Indefinitely
July 22 – Introducing Simple SEO for Bloggers
July 19 – The Nerdy Math I Used to Decide Where I Should Live
July 18 – Why Amber Quit Her Corporate Job to Start a Franchise Business
July 15 – The Longer I’m Away From Corporate Life, the More Ridiculous a 9-5 Schedule Seems.
July 15 – The 30 Best Items to Flip for Profit
July 12 – Compound Interest Sucks Early On. Here’s How to Get Around That Problem.
July 11 – I Miss the Old Rockstar Finance Site…So I’m Building My Own
July 10 – The Permanent Portfolio: An Investment Allocation that Offers a Smooth Ride
July 9 – VEU vs. VXUS: Which International Fund Should You Invest In?
July 8 – The Math That Explains My Decision to Quit My Job
July 5 – The Regret Minimization Framework: How to Make Tough Life Decisions
July 3 – How Much Money is Enough?
July 2 – I Just Quit My Job
July 1 – July 2019 Financial Update
June 27 – How These Three Side Hustles can Buy You Freedom
June 26 – An Inside Look at My Data Scientist Interview Process
June 22 – How to Build Wealth
June 18 – How Much Should You Spend on Groceries?
June 14 – Mint vs. Personal Capital: Which Money App is Best?
June 13 – How Much Should You Spend on Housing?
June 12 – VOO vs. VTI: Which Index Fund is Better?
June 11 – VTI vs. VTSAX: What’s the Difference?
June 10 – What is Coast FIRE?
June 6 – How I’m Buying Back My Time Before I Achieve Financial Independence
June 3 – Should You Invest Internationally?
May 27 – Elements of Freedom: An ebook
May 24 – Visualizing the Impact that Active Income Has on the Journey to Financial Independence
May 22 – Here’s How Much Investment Returns Have Mattered in Each Decade Since 1930
May 18 – Do You Actually Have to Start Early to End Rich?
May 15 – The Occupations Expected to Grow the Most (and Least) by 2026
May 10 – How to Improve Your Marathon Time & Your Finances
May 8 – Happiness Comes from Striving, Not from Arriving
April 29 – Naval Ravikant on How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky)
April 24 – Why I’m No Longer Trying to Save Enough Money to Never Work Again
April 19 – Advice on Saving & Investing in Your 20s
April 16 – A Simple Way to Improve Investment Returns
April 11 – The 4% Rule Only Offers One Way to Cover Your Expenses
April 9 – Savings Goal Calculator
April 4 – Why Owning Assets is Better than Having Job Experience
April 1 – April 2019 Financial Update
March 26 – If You Can Nail Your Housing Expenses, You Can Mess Up in a Lot of Other Areas
March 22 – Some Numbers to Think About
March 19 – A Career Database to Help You Explore Potential Career Paths
March 15 – Why I Can’t Imagine Enjoying Any Corporate Job
March 12 – Three Fascinating Stories from Redditors on Earning Income in Unique Ways
March 9 – Visualizing Individual & Household Incomes in Each U.S. State
March 7 – Visualizing Median Household Income in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
March 5 – First, Show up.
March 1 – March 2019 Financial Update
February 27 – How to Think About the Role the Stock Market Plays in Your Finances
February 25 – Visualizing Occupations that Pay $50k+ that Only Require an Associates Degree
February 23 – Here’s How 18 Different Portfolios Have Performed Since 1970
February 21 – Examining the Role That Financial Independence Plays in Living a Good Life
February 15 – There is No Such Thing as a Perfect Job
February 13 – Visualizing the Best & Worst Investment Periods in History
February 11 – The Benefits of Practicing Gratitude
February 9 – Buy Things & Build Things That Pay You Monthly
February 7 – The Amount You Invest Often Matters More Than the Returns You Earn
February 4 – Money & Life Advice I Wish I Had Received at Age 18
February 2 – February 2019 Financial Update
January 31 – Why Living Like a Student Has a Massive Impact on Your Long-term Wealth
January 29 – Learning to Want the Right Things
January 26 – The Importance of Sleep on Your Health, Wealth, and Happiness
January 24 – The Math That Explains Why Lifestyle Inflation is a Wealth Killer
January 22 – How Much Can You Reasonably Expect to Save in 10 Years?
January 19 – The Benefits of EAI: Enjoyable Active Income
January 17 – The Coolest Things I Learned in 2018
January 14 – Rich Habits: Ask For What You Want
January 11 – A Simple Chart to Visualize Your Income & Expenses
January 9 – Here’s How the Stock Market Has Historically Performed After a Down Year
January 7 – Retirement is a Human Invention
January 5 – The Financial Importance of Knowing Thyself
January 3 – The Harder a Skill is to Learn, the More Income You Can Earn
2018
December 28 – My 2018 Annual Review
December 26 – Overcoming the Trough of Sorrow
December 24 – Will the S&P 500 Ever Be This Low Again?
December 19 – Visualizing the Counties with the Highest Median Household Incomes in Each State
December 17 – I Tracked How I Used the Rooms in My Apartment for Two Days. Here Are My Results.
December 14 – How to Become a Data Scientist
December 12 – The Adjustable Early Retirement Grid
December 10 – Do You Need a High Income to Achieve Financial Independence?
December 8 – The Personal Finance Correlation Matrix
December 7 – The Things That Bring Me Joy Only Need to Make Sense to Me, Not You
December 6 – Childcare is More Expensive Than College in 28 U.S. States
December 4 – A Fun Analysis: How Much Do White House Employees Make?
November 29 – 13 Ways to Increase Your Odds of Landing an Interview (According to Data)
November 27 – Comparing Data Scientist Salaries and Cost of Living in Different U.S. Cities
November 26 – Is U.S. Middle Class Income Actually Stagnating?
November 24 – How to Create Your Own Investment Returns
November 23 – Should You Move to a New City to Increase Your Income?
November 21 – Visualizing Stock Market Returns in 23 Different Countries
November 20 – Not Wanting Something Is as Good as Having It
November 19 – Visualizing Median Home Prices in 100 U.S. Cities
November 17 – Visualizing the Income of Americans by Age
November 15 – Lessons Learned from “Big Country” Bryant Reeves on Money, Happiness, and Work
November 14 – Here’s How the S&P 500 Has Performed Since 1928
November 13 – Individual Income Percentiles in the U.S. Visualized as 100 Tiny Blocks
November 12 – S&P 500 vs. Nasdaq 100: Which Index is Better?
November 9 – Starting a Disc Golf Company: An Interview with Cody from Fly to FI
November 8 – Buying Gym Clothing is Easy. Lifting Weights is Hard.
November 7 – Earning Hundreds per Month Selling Graphic Designs: An Interview with Dave from Accidental FIRE
November 6 – Here’s How Much You Must Earn Over Your Lifetime to Become Financially Independent
November 5 – Becoming a Full-Time Freelance Writer: An Interview with Kenzi from Kenzi Writes
November 2 – Visualizing Annual S&P 500 Sector Returns Since 2005
October 30 – Is Net Worth the Wrong Metric to Track?
October 27 – Visualizing the Returns of U.S. Stocks, International Stocks, and U.S. Bonds Since 1987: Part 1
October 25 – Visualizing Asset Class Returns Since the Year 2000
October 23 – 20 New Places in 20 Days (And Why Your City Might Be Cooler Than You Think)
October 20 – Here’s How Different Stock/Bond Allocations Have Performed Since 1926
October 18 – The Success Formula
October 15 – On Overcoming Procrastination, Writer’s Block, and Impostor Syndrome
October 13 – How to Think About Market Drops
October 9 – Life & Money Advice for a 21-year-old Reader
October 8 – The Relationship Between Compound Interest and Time
October 6 – For Most Americans, the Best Way to Spend Less is to Minimize the “Big Three” Expenses
October 4 – My Four Biggest Takeaways from FinCon 2018
September 29 – “I Make $130k Per Year But I Hate My Job. Help!”
September 25 – Eight Life and Money Lessons I Have Learned so Far in My 20s
September 24 – Visualizing Population Size vs. Household Income in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
September 22 – Why I Don’t Set Goals
September 18 – How I Got Into Data Science
September 17 – The Math & Psychology Behind Lump Sum vs. Dollar-Cost Average Investing
September 15 – Should You Invest When the Stock Market is at an All-time High?
September 13 – The Power of Aggregating Tiny Gains
September 11 – How I Think About Spending Money: “Steady” vs. “Wobbly” Expenses
September 10 – Visualizing Annual Income by Level of Education in all 3,000 + U.S. Counties
September 8 – Visualizing One-Bedroom and Two-Bedroom Rent Prices in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
September 7 – Most Individual Stocks Underperform Index Funds
September 6 – Market Returns = Out of Your Control. Your Savings Rate = In Your Control.
September 5 – Visualizing Median Rent as a Percentage of Income in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
September 4 – The S&P 500 Investment Return Calculator
September 3 – Welcome to My (Second-Ever) Apartment
September 2 – Relentlessly Prune Bullshit
August 28 – Counties in the U.S. with Surprisingly High Household Incomes
August 25 – The Excel Template Pack: How to Build Any Visual You Want With Excel
August 24 – Success is a Sprint. Here’s Why.
August 23 – Here’s Why I Take a Freezing Cold Shower Every Morning
August 22 – This is How Influence Works: 6 Secrets from Research
August 21 – Visualizing $200k+ Income Households in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
August 18 – Visualizing the Impact of Contributions vs. Investment Returns
August 16 – My Firsthand Experience Learning a Programming Language for My Day Job
August 14 – Here’s How Much You Needed to Invest Since 2000 to Have Become a Millionaire By Now
August 13 – On Using My Interests to Pursue Income, Mastery, and Enjoyment
August 11 – Visualizing the Median Household Income in Over 25,000 Cities Across the U.S.
August 9 – Visualizing Median Household Incomes in All 50 States
August 8 – This Calculator Tells You How Long You Need to Save Before You Can Retire
August 7 – The Cobra Effect and the Paradox of Saving Money vs. Accruing Happiness
August 6 – The Myth of “Naturally Gifted”
August 4 – Answers to Your Questions: How Did I Save $100k in 2 Years?
August 2 – How I Saved $100,000 By Age 24
July 30 – Visualizing the Market Caps of the Largest vs. the Smallest Stocks in the S&P 500
July 28 – Visualizing Starting and Mid-Career Salaries by Undergraduate Major
July 27 – Saving Your First $300k Takes Roughly the Same Amount of Time as Saving the Next $700k
July 26 – The Trinity Study Updated for 2018
July 24 – How Many Years Does It Take for Investment Returns to Matter More Than Savings?
July 23 – Oscillate Until You Resonate
July 22 – The One Book I Revisit the Most
July 21 – Visualizing Median House Value in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
July 19 – How Much Are You Paying to Work?
July 17 – Here’s How Savings & Investment Returns Impact the Quest to Save $1 Million
July 13 – The Bogleheads’ Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio
July 12 – Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be
July 10 – Some Thoughts on Growing Net Worth in the Early Years
July 7 – A Recap of My Life Over the Past 12 Months as Told Through My Nightly Journal (Volume 2)
July 6 – 500 Blog Posts Later: What I Wish I Knew When I First Started
July 5 – Why Investment Returns Combined With an Increasing Income Make You an Unstoppable Force
July 2 – 15 Quotes from Personal Finance Books That Have Had a Profound Impact on My Life
June 29 – The Best Way to Learn About Personal Finance (Hint: It’s not by Reading a Textbook)
June 28 – Reader Case Study: Approaching 40 and Hoping to Retire by 55
June 27 – Pursue Wealth, Not Status
June 26 – On Setting Lifetime Goals
June 25 – Why Saving Your First $100k is a Big Deal
June 21 – Here’s How Long the Stock Market has Historically Taken to Recover from Drops
June 19 – A Simple Way to Visualize My Monthly Spending by Category
June 18 – A Thought Experiment: Comparing 4% vs. 8% Investment Returns Over a 20-Year Period
June 16 – Compound Interest is a Powerful Force…if You Supply it With Enough Capital
June 15 – The Mind-Bending Science of Why Financial Freedom Could Help You Slow Down Time
June 14 – Kai Greene on Using Discomfort as a Guide
June 12 – Some Big Ideas
June 11 – The Philosophy of the Personal Finance Community is Shifting
June 10 – 4 Life-Changing Ideas from Stoicism
June 9 – Insights on Writing, Habits, Happiness & More
June 7 – When Luxuries Become Expectations
June 5 – Understanding the Curvy Nature of Compound Interest
June 4 – Rich Man in the Car Paradox
May 30 – Why I’m Not Quitting My Day Job When My Net Worth Hits $100k
May 29 – How to Write Every Day
May 26 – View the Years Leading up to Your Financial Goal as an Opportunity to Develop Self-Awareness
May 24 – The Savings Rate Grid
May 19 – Should You Follow Your Passion or Follow the Money in Your 20s?
May 18 – Visualizing Educational Attainment & Median Income in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
May 16 – Jocko Willink on the Power of “Good”
May 15 – Paying for All of My Living Expenses With Blogging, Tutoring, and Dividends
May 14 – Visualizing How Households in Different Income Brackets Live Around the World
May 10 – Brad Stevens on Letting Results Take Care of Themselves
May 9 – Compound Interest is Not Intuitive
May 7 – Sometimes the Best Upgrade Is a Downgrade
May 5 – Visualizing U.S. Occupational Employment By Gender
May 4 – Build Something. It’s the Fastest Way to Acquire New Skills
May 3 – A Dollar That Experiences an Investment Loss is Still Worth More Than a Dollar Spent
May 2 – Visualizing the Best & Worst Cities in the U.S. for Saving Money
April 28 – The Perks of Living in a Place Much Smaller Than I Can Afford
April 27 – Blogger Dividend Report – March 2018
April 26 – On Putting Forth Effort Even When You Don’t See Results
April 24 – Visualizing $100k+ Income Households in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
April 23 – Visualizing Home-Ownership Rates in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
April 23 – Visualizing Average Commute Times in All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
April 21 – Money Buys Freedom, But Freedom Doesn’t Guarantee Happiness
April 20 – Some Thoughts on Approaching a Net Worth of $100k
April 19 – Visualizing Median Monthly Rent For All 3,000+ U.S. Counties
April 18 – Six Realizations That Have Added Value to my Life
April 14 – The Tiny Guide to Better Charts in Excel
April 13 – How to Nudge That Person You Care About to Be Better With Money
April 12 – For the Love of the Craft: How One Lawyer Turned Writing Into a Side-Hustle
April 10 – The Financial Independence Grid
April 9 – How Long Does It Take to Grow a Successful Blog?
April 7 – Visualizing Household Income Distribution By State
April 5 – Lifestyle Choices Matter More Than Investment Returns
April 3 – Being Willing to Pivot is a Superpower
April 2 – Can Historical Stock Market Returns Predict Future Returns?
March 30 – Seven Realizations That Have Improved My Life
March 29 – Blogger Dividend Report – February 2018
March 29 – Susan Cain on the Power of Time Away From Work
March 27 – Why You Should Build a Portfolio of Side Projects
March 26 – Everything Becomes Normal Over Time
March 24 – Visualizing Median Rent Prices by State
March 23 – Can A High Savings Rate Offset Poor Investment Returns?
March 22 – Visualizing Median Household Income By State
March 21 – Does Dining Out Actually Hurt Your Finances That Much?
March 20 – The Active Income Grid & The Ticket to a Shorter Cubicle Life
March 19 – Visualizing Average Student Loan Debt by State
March 17 – Saving $100k – $300k: Some Numbers & Charts
March 14 – Some Numbers to Think About
March 13 – My Reaction to Mr. Money Mustache’s Thoughts on Money & Confidence
March 12 – Sticky Success
March 10 – A Recap of Warren Buffett’s 10 Year Bet on the S&P 500
March 9 – The Status Game
March 8 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 10 (Comparing Saving & Investment Scenarios)
March 7 – How to Use Probabilities to Make Better Investment Decisions
March 6 – Find What Works for You and Ignore the Rest
March 5 – The Importance of Savings Vs. Investment Returns if You Want to Go from $0 to Retirement in 15 Years
March 3 – Here’s How Important Investment Returns Have Been Historically
March 2 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 9 (Millionaire Age Calculator)
March 2 – Buy Less Stuff. Buy More Assets.
February 27 – It’s All About Perspective
February 25 – Visualizing the Cost of Living in 540 Cities Around the World
February 24 – A Simple Guide to Sequence of Return Risk
February 23 – Visualizing Annual Expenses With Tiny Blocks
February 20 – The Beauty of Long-term Vision
February 19 – Visualizing the Dividend Income of 100+ Financial Bloggers
February 17 – Here’s How Long it Takes to Reach Different $100k Net Worth Milestones
February 16 – You’re Screwed if You Don’t Understand Personal Finance
February 15 – The Allure of Ramen Profitablility
February 14 – Here’s How Much Investment Returns Matter Based on Net Worth
February 12 – How Active Income in Retirement Impacts When You Can Retire: Part 3
February 10 – How Active Income in Retirement Impacts When You Can Retire: Part 2
February 9 – Active Income in Retirement Calculator
February 7 – How Active Income in Retirement Impacts When You Can Retire: Part 1
February 6 – Here’s How Far Back a Massive Market Crash in 2018 Would Take Us
February 3 – Here’s How Income During Retirement Blows the 4% Rule Out of the Water
February 2 – Lessons from Eddie Hall and Using Money as a Means to an End
January 30 – Visualizing Millionaires by Country
January 29 – A Guide to the Four Pillar Framework
January 27 – Here’s How “Less Than 25 Times Expenses” Portfolios Have Performed Over the Last 89 Years
January 26 – Two Interactive Tools to Compare Savings and Investment Returns
January 25 – Visualizing Average Salary & Employment by Occupation in the U.S.
January 25 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 8 (Finding Equivalent Savings Plans)
January 24 – Lessons on Mindset, Habits, and Grit from Jack LaLanne
January 23 – Here’s How Savings Have Historically Grown Without Additional Contributions
January 21 – Here’s How the “25 Times Expenses” Portfolio Has Performed Over the Past 89 Years
January 19 – Understanding Power Law Distributions and Their Impact on Your Financial Life
January 18 – Visualizing Income By Age Group in the U.S.
January 17 – The Magic of Consistently Increasing How Much You Invest Each Year
January 16 – The Difference Between Quitting My Day Job With $75k vs. $175k in Savings
January 15 – Here’s How Long it Has Historically Taken to Save $1 Million
January 12 – Visualizing the Average Salary of Professions in the U.S.
January 12 – The Math That Explains Why Net Worth Goes Crazy After the First $100k
January 11 – My Financial Map: A Detailed Description of How I Manage My Money
January 10 – Great News: You Don’t Have to Be a Digital Nomad to Find Bliss
January 9 – A Letter From My 34-Year-Old Self
January 8 – Visualizing Every Dollar I Spent in 2017
January 8 – Patient People Are Outliers and Their Advantage is Insane
January 6 – Visualizing Future S&P 500 Returns
January 5 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 7 (Visualizing Future S&P 500 Returns)
January 4 – If You Have a Long Investing Horizon, You Should Hope for Market Drops
January 3 – The One Book that has Influenced Me the Most
January 2 – Visualizing Stock Ownership in the U.S. Before and After the Financial Crisis
January 2 – How to Increase Your Income: Deep Habits and Wide Randomness
2017
December 30 – 7 Lessons From 7 Mentors That Have Changed My Life
December 28 – My Favorite Insights from the World Happiness Report
December 27 – Visualizing Warren Buffett’s Favorite Stock Market Index
December 27 – Jiro Dreams of Sushi & the Unique Task of Finding Meaning in Life
December 26 – Forget New Year’s Resolutions. Use this Approach to Actually Get Sh*t Done.
December 23 – A Recap of my 2017 Income Stream Growth
December 22 – Reader Question: Should I Keep my Stressful High-Income Job to Reach F.I. as Fast as Possible?
December 21 – Should You Pursue F.I. if You Don’t Have a Passion Outside of Your Day Job?
December 20 – A Recap of My 24 Year Net Worth Journey
December 18 – 5 Valuable Lessons I Learned Through Blogging in 2017
December 16 – Applying Scott Adam’s Success Formula to Personal Finance
December 15 – Here’s How the S&P 500 Performed in 2017
December 14 – Stop Sitting Around and Go Get What You Want.
December 13 – Minimizing Food Expenses: My Favorite $2 Meal
December 12 – Visualizing the Net Worth of Americans by Age
December 12 – Is it Better to Have a High Net Worth or High Monthly Cash Flow?
December 11 – Quitting my Day Job: Being Ambitious vs. Being Realistic
December 8 – Why I Just Invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum
December 7 – A Gap Year in Bolivia: An Interview with Jojo Bobo
December 6 – Why (and How) I Only Spend 30 Minutes Each Month Tracking My Finances
December 5 – If Your Net Worth is Less Than $100k, a Stock Market Crash Shouldn’t Scare You
December 2 – How Building A Website Helped Me Land My First Corporate Job
November 29 – Each of My Four Financial Accounts Serves a Distinct Purpose
November 28 – Working One Day a Week Can Be Worth $100,000
November 27 – Choose Your Treadmill Wisely
November 26 – My Thoughts on Mark Cuban’s “Guide to Getting Rich”
November 25 – What Narrative Are You Telling Yourself?
November 24 – Here’s How I Track My Dividends
November 23 – The Secret Behind Rapid Growth: Successes Remain While Failures Fade
November 20 – The Over-Under Fallacies of Personal Finance
November 18 – Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Savings Grids
November 17 – Some Thoughts On Money, Recognition, Contribution, and Predicting the Future
November 16 – The Math Behind Saving Your First $100k
November 14 – How to be in a Better Place Five Years from Now: Stop Looking Around and Start Looking Ahead
November 13 – Things You Need to Focus On to Get the Best Possible Car Lease Deal
November 13 – One Simple Truth That Helps Me Overcome Fear of What Others Think of My Frugal Lifestyle
November 9 – The Purple-Blue-Red Philosophy of Spending Money
November 8 – The One Thing That Derails Most People From Reaching Their Potential
November 7 – I Want to Visualize YOUR Finances
November 6 – Using the Nature of Human Adaptation to Hack Personal Finance
November 3 – How to Save $60,000 by Age 23
November 2 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 6 (Random Portfolio Generator)
October 30 – The One Skill Every 20-something Must Develop to Get What they Want in Life
October 28 – The Danger of Doing Easy Work vs. The Magic of Doing Important Work
October 26 – Should You Quit Your Job to Pursue Your Passion?
October 25 – Charlie Munger: The First $100,000 is a B*tch
October 24 – Use Money as Fuel to Power Your True Aspirations in Life
October 23 – The Dramatic Impact 401(k) Contributions Can Have on Your Savings Rate
October 21 – Five Valuable Life Lessons I Have Learned in my Early 20’s
October 20 – Thanks, But No Thanks for the Financial Advice, Tom
October 18 – An Inside Look at my Morning Routine & the Life-Changing Magic of Discipline
October 17 – 200 Blog Posts Later: Some Tips I Have for Aspiring Bloggers
October 16 – Visualizing Every Stock in the S&P 500 as Tiny Circles
October 14 – Here’s How Success Actually Works
October 13 – Visualizing Every Rockstar Finance Blogger’s Net Worth
October 12 – Create Your Own Financial Time Scale
October 9 – Mastering the Art of Side Hustles: An Interview with Financial Panther
October 7 – It Pays to Live Like a College Student
October 5 – A Helpful Tool to Compare Savings vs. Investment Returns
October 4 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 5 (Comparing Savings vs. Investment Returns)
October 3 – The story of a PhD who decided to become a landlord to retire by 33
September 29 – Here’s the One Fund I’m Investing All My 401(k) Contributions in
September 28 – 9 Lessons I Have Learned in 2017 That Have Added Value to my Life
September 27 – The Art of Schedule Shifting: How I Find Time to Blog
September 26 – To Keep Housing Costs Low, Recognize There’s Nobody to Impress
September 22 – The 401(k) Savings Grid
September 21 – Kill Complaining. Develop Strength.
September 19 – The Power of Duality: Combining a High-Income Job with Minimalism
September 15 – Align Your Spending With Your Unique Nature
September 14 – You’re Not as Important as You Think and that’s Wonderful News for your Finances
September 12 – Why You Don’t Have Money for the Important Things in Life and How to Get It
September 11 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 4 (Comparing Net Worth By Age)
September 8 – Visualizing Every Dollar I’ve Spent in 2017 So Far
September 6 – A Guide to the “Quit Your Day Job” Calculator
September 5 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 3 (“Quit Your Day Job” Calculator)
September 4 – 7 Lessons Learned from Saving my First $50,000
August 30 – Exploring the Many Paths of “Retirement”
August 29 – Here’s How the Average American Household Spends Their Money
August 26 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 2 (The Tiny Blocks of Financial Independence)
August 23 – The Joy-Driven Guide to Spending
August 22 – Welcome to My (First Ever) Apartment
August 21 – Here’s How Many Years it Took to Reach F.I. Historically Based on Various Savings Rates
August 18 – FOUR Visuals: Volume 1 (Financial Independence Calculator)
August 17 – Mixing Active and Passive Income for Maximum Happiness
August 16 – Visualizing Financial Independence With Tiny Blocks: Part 2
August 14 – Visualizing Net Worth By Age Group in the U.S.
August 11 – The Million Dollar Age Grid
August 10 – Here’s How Much Investing Returns Matter Based On Your Portfolio Size
August 4 – Visualizing Financial Independence With Tiny Blocks
August 3 – 30 Financial Bloggers Share Tweet-Sized Advice They Would Give To Their 23-Year-Old Selves
July 29 – A Recap of my Life Over the Past 12 Months as Told Through my Nightly Journal
July 26 – Flow Chart: Should I Spend Money On This?
July 24 – The Million Dollar Grid
July 20 – The Monthly Savings Grid
July 18 – How to Make $80,000 a Year at Age 23
July 14 – Nature: The Perfect Recipe for Increased Happiness & Increased Savings
July 13 – 7 Beliefs I Hold That Guide My Financial Life
July 11 – The Minimum Savings Rate Needed to Reach F.I. Over the Last 30 Years
July 8 – I Want to be an Income Machine, Not an Investment Guru
July 4 – The Story of the Mexican Fisherman
June 19 – The Problem With the Phrase “It’s Just Money”
June 14 – A Remix of a 2,000 Year Old Message on Time, Money, and Purpose
June 5 – Want to Retire Early? Focus on Your Savings Rate, Not Investment Returns
May 18 – Keep Climbing, Crab
April 14 – Why It’s So Hard To Outperform Index Funds
April 10 – 7 Reasons Experiences Are Better Than Possessions
April 7 – Will Raising Everyone’s Income Make Everyone Happier?
March 30 – Crushing Financial Independence With Macro Patience and Micro Speed
February 16 – How I Made Over $1,000 in Online Side Hustles Over the Past 30 Days
January 9 – Where Were You At 23?
2016
December 27 – Turning A Side Hustle Into A Full Time Income: An Interview With La Papillion
November 16 – You Are the Only Person Tracking Your Failures
November 5 – The Early Retirement Grid