It’s been a while since I last did a Friday read. But since we are restarting our blog, I thought it’s timely to bring this back! And here are the roundups for this week… Millennials’ High-Earning Years Are Here, but It Doesn’t Feel That Way (Wall Street Journal) The oldest millennials are approaching a new…
And here are the goodies… The Balance Between Novelty and Stability – and How That Affects Your Dollars and Cents (The Simple Dollar) Novelty comes when you try a new experience. You’re interacting with new people. You’re trying a new meal. You’re going to a new store. You’re going to a new place. Those are…
And here are the lineups for this week… Retirement is a Human Invention (Four Pillar Finance) When I first started my financial journey, I was dead set on early retirement. Then, as I began to realize that I love working as long as I own the work and can determine my own hours, I decided that…
And for the inaugural 2019 edition of Friday reads, nothing better than some resolution setting for the new year! Hope the following list inspires. What I learned at work this year (Bill Gates) Today of course I still assess the quality of my work. But I also ask myself a whole other set of questions…
And here are the lineups… This Is Why Talking About How “Hard” You Work Makes You Look Incompetent (Forbes) When you express to your social networks how “hard” you are working, what you are doing is creating a cue for response. That message generates pity, or awe, or offers for assistance or support. What you…
Forget shiny Rolexes and Louis Vuitton handbags — rich people are investing more in education and health, and it shows that discreet wealth is the new status symbol (Business Insider) “Eschewing an overt materialism, the rich are investing significantly more in education, retirement, and health – all of which are immaterial, yet cost many times more…
And here it goes …. What I Learned About Life at My 30th College Reunion (The Atlantic) No matter what my classmates grew up to be—a congressman, like Jim Himes; a Tony Award–winning director, like Diane Paulus; an astronaut, like Stephanie Wilson—at the end of the day, most of our conversations at the various parties…
And here are the lineups… The Secret to Raising a Child Who Isn’t Materialistic (Goalcast) “Gratitude is the act of appreciating what you have. It’s quite literally the opposite of what goes in our brain when we’re “on” materialism: we’re happy with what we have as opposed to being dissatisfied and uncomfortable and always feeling…
And here are the goodies for this week… Is Early Retirement Keeping Millennials From Having Kids? (Abandoned Cubicle) The obvious advice from someone raising two kids of his own is not to let early retirement and financial independence come between you and having kids. If you are fortunate enough to have the option of bringing…
And here are the lineups… Work-Life Balance is a Lie (Deserting Debt) When people talk about “work-life balance”, they are discussing it as if they are two totally unrelated things. Work and life coexist in such complicated ways that you must ensure that both are emotionally and mentally healthy. What Are the Alternatives to Early…