Month: December 2023
The Year in Review
Finance is dull. Money is alluring. There is a recurring theme in philosophy that without pain, there can be no pleasure. When it comes to building wealth – in the absence of an extraordinary amount of luck – it seems that the required ingredients include organization, planning, and discipline. Without them how can anyone truly…
The Objective Evaluation
Evaluating my goals for the past year is not without its difficulties. I barely had a sense of direction when I started. But, intuitively, I know it is good to review and assess so that I can set reasonable goals for the new year and push myself to achieve more. With that, let me dive…
The Simple Math
The fact is, this is taking longer than I expected. I had a feeling, perhaps based on my previous experiences, that this would be an undertaking, an endeavor, and an uphill battle. I could have done the math at the beginning of this project and found the amount I would actually need to save to…