Hello Financial Slacker readers. You may be wondering where I’ve been the last few weeks. I’m still here. I’ve just been busy creating a better life for myself. And in between other projects, out-of-town swim meets, and a week in Northern California with the family, it’s been a hectic time. But things seem to be […]
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I Found the Perfect Mountain Cabin Vacation Home
I’ve spent the last few weeks looking for a parcel of land to buy. And what started as a search for a multi-acre mountain property that we could use for camping, fishing, hiking, and other recreation has now evolved into finding a mountain cabin vacation home. Looking for a Place to Get Away To […]
Getting Back to Financial Independence
After keeping up a daily posting schedule since before Christmas, I decided to take a few days off last week. It’s not that I had so much going on that I didn’t have time to write. Just the opposite. It was actually a rather slow week. But I needed a break. Even without much going […]
Watching Others Play Video Games
My teenagers and their friends just can’t seem to get enough watching others play video games. It’s a huge revenue-generating segment on YouTube with the top earners making millions annually. They will play the game themselves while watching someone on YouTube playing the game and also videoconferencing with a friend who is also playing the […]
Avoid the Home Warranty Repair Scam
We had someone come in to repair a broken appliance today. While he was working on the oven, I started a conversation asking him about his job. I found out that one of his biggest problems is that his schedule is dictated by the local office manager. He is typically assigned 10 to 12 service […]
Create a Sense of Detachment to See Things Objectively
I know I probably sound like a broken record and regular Financial Slacker readers are probably tired of hearing me talk about trying to buy a business. And to tell you the truth, I am actually getting a little tired of it too. But as I look at business after business, the one thought that […]
Learn To Profit By Taking Risk
I was clicking through YouTube looking for a video to post this morning and I came across this TED Talk from Tom Sosnoff discussing the value of learning how to take risk. I don’t know anything about Tom but I found his short talk entertaining, interesting, and thought-provoking. I’m not sure I agree with him […]
Fun Friday: Repost of What Do You Do For a Living
Today, I am reposting an article published on this site last year. Here’s a link to the original article, What Do You Do For a Living? with the text reposted below: For over twenty years, the question, “What do you do for a living?” was pretty easy for me to answer. I work in healthcare, […]