Author Archives: Oldster

Our Kids and Money

A couple of years ago I wrote a post on Kids and Money.  As our daughter prepares for her final high school year, I thought it would be proper to review what our positions were in that post, and update … Continue reading

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Fear and FIRE

The concept of FIRE has been in the news a lot more over the last year or so.  I remember when I first discovered that it was even a thing my first notion was “where was this when I was … Continue reading

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Reprise: Fear is the Mindkiller

Greetings fellow FIRE followers! I’m reposting something I wrote a couple of years ago about fear. As relevant today as it was when originally posted. I’m working on another post about another aspect of fear that should be up by … Continue reading

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Mid-Life Crisis?

Nope, well, probably not.  For the few dozens of you who have frequented my blog, you may have wondered where I’ve been.  I’ve kind of been wondering the same thing.  Life is full of hills and valleys, problems and solutions, … Continue reading

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Systems vs. Goals – Some Support for an Earlier Post

Some of you may remember a post I put up a few months ago arguing that one should use systems instead of goals (I’m going to rerun that in a bit below).  I was perusing Pocket the other day and … Continue reading

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