My first car was pretty crappy. How about yours? I firmly believing owning a cheap car is one of the best decisions you can ever make to achieve financial freedom. And I’m saying this as someone who helped start the FIRE movement in 2009. After getting my driver’s license at 17, I talked to my […]
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The best football conference is the Pac 12 in 2021-2022 baby! Go Bears! But actually, the best football conference is probably the Big Ten based on all the stats back when I first wrote this post in 2010. 1. Big Ten F/+ Top 25 teams: 5 (35.7 percent)Sagarin divisional ranks: No. 3 (East division), No.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, the average net worth per person in America was $182,000 back in 2010. Then came a 2014 Credit Suisse survey highlighting the average net worth in America is a whopping $301,000 (see pic)! Now in 2017, the average net worth for Americans is even higher thanks to a bull market
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As an early retiree since 2012, let me share with you the secret to early retirement. I originally wrote this post in 2010 when I was desperately seeking to leave my arduous finance job. I had been working in banking for 11 years and was completely burned out. Now that I have more than a
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Small business owners rock. The Bay Area is full of entrepreneurs and small business owners making the work work. The pandemic has made the value of online businesses more valuable. The simple reason is that you can’t shut down an online business! I originally wrote this post on August 26, 2010, a year and two
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Do you want a fair income tax policy in America? So do I! I wrote this post on July 28, 2010 when I was working crazy hours. My hope was to make big bucks and be free sooner, than later. The potential to pay more taxes was disheartening. Let’s review what was going on back
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When life is so good in America, it’s easy to slack off. Here are three keys to motivation. None of them have much to do about money. Here’s a short 10 minute video I stumbled upon which eerily highlights several things I do and why (ie play guitar). The video also touches upon reasons why
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My mother is a white cloud of happiness. Every time I see her, she smiles even bigger than I can ever smile. She loves to talk stories about any of life’s teachings she’s discovered, and I generally just keep quiet and listen. Sometimes I don’t understand everything she says, but that’s OK. It makes me happy just
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When I was thinking about what to write in this week’s Katana, I suddenly shouted out, “Crap! Taxes are due soon!” This is the first year where I actually owe money to the government and I’m not too pleased. For all intents and purposes, I should be happy that I got a free multi-thousand loan for
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Michael Moore thinks he is pointing out injustices through his latest documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story“. Instead, Michael simply reminds us that life isn’t fair in a free market economy where those who work hard sometimes get the short end of the stick through no fault of their own. Review Of Documentary “Capitalism: A Love
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