Month: December 2023
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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…
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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…
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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…