Health & Fitness

The Pandemic Was An Experience In Hedging Your Life

One of the main reasons why I retired at age 34 was to hedge against an early death. When I was nine, my grandfather died from cancer and I clearly remember seeing my mother distraught for months. Then when I was 13, my 15-year-old friend died in a car accident. Here today, gone tomorrow is …

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Your Life Expectancy Depends Greatly On Wealth And Location

The older you get, the more you will value life because you have less of it. If you want to live longer, you should aim to grow richer and live in a more hospitable place. As you will see in this article, the correlation with life expectancy, wealth, and location is strong. In 2023, life …

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Why You Should Play Pickleball: The Best Sport Today

Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America. If you’re looking for an easy sport to pick up that’s loads of fun and inexpensive, pickleball is the sport for you. After playing 29 USTA league tennis matches in 2022, my shoulder, knees, and feet began to break. The wisest thing would have been to take time …

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How To Enjoy Your Life After The Fed Ruins The World

Enjoy your life, no matter the economic situation. If you do, then you’ll always be winning. The key is to recognize reality and take appropriate action. The Fed hiked another another 0.25% on March 23, 2023 to 4.75% – 5%. Despite multiple consecutive lower-than-expected monthly CPI numbers, a blowing up of regional banks and Credit …

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Where Are All The Adult Athletes? Sports And Your Career

For over 20 years, I’ve been a tennis club member. Player levels range from beginner to ex-professionals. Everybody gets along and rallies around a sport they enjoy, no matter their level of wealth. But I just realized something odd. And the realization wouldn’t have come had I not become a father. After three years of …

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Overcoming Blindness: Achieving Financial Independence With A Visual Impairment

One of my goals on Financial Samurai is to share different perspectives. Roughly 15% of the world’s population (1+ billion), lives with some form of disability, of whom 2-4% experience significant difficulties in functioning. This is the minority group I’m most passionate about fighting for in this extremely competitive world. My hope is that more …

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Using A Health Savings Account As A Retirement Vehicle

You may not realize this, but a health savings account (HSA) can be used as a retirement vehicle. If you’ve maxed out your 401(k) and IRA contributions, maxing out an HSA could be another source of retirement funds. A health savings account offers triple tax savings because you contribute pre-tax dollars, pay no taxes on …

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Curing Chronic Pain And Getting Your Life Back On Track

Between the ages of 18 – 32, I experienced chronic back pain, sciatica, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, and TMJ. It was only after reading Dr. Sarno’s book, Healing Back Pain, did my chronic pain eventually went away. Now, at 44, I hardly have any chronic pain. And when some ailment does flare up, I review …

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Be Risk-Averse With Health, Risk-Loving With Money

When it comes to your health, be risk-averse. When it comes to your money, you can be more risk-loving. After all, if your investment returns take a hit, you can always spend time earning back your losses through work. However, if you lose your health, you might never recover fully. Sure, having money to pay …

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