Your Money or Your Life: Redefining the Trade Between Time, Energy, and Fulfillment
I’m reading Your Money or Your Life, a classic on Financial Independence. It’s filled with tactics and tools, some practical, some debatable, but this isn’t a summary. What fascinates me about the book are a few key ideas that make you rethink the relationship between money, time, energy, and happiness. How Much of Your Life Are…
The Minimalist’s Portfolio: Investing for Simplicity and Peace
My investment habits have shifted over the years. Today, most of my money goes into ETFs (exchange-traded funds). I still keep a system I trust for picking individual stocks from time to time, but the bulk of my portfolio—around 75%—is in broad index funds and ETFs. The rest is a mix of early stock picks…
From Evolutionary Anxiety to Financial Peace: The Power of Settling for Less
Human nature may be shaped by much older codes than we think. The roots of our anxieties might lie deep within our evolutionary history. These ancient codes may still be triggering us in today’s modern world. In The Denial of Death, Ernest Becker argues that humans have evolved into “hyper-anxious” beings. He writes: “Darwinians thought:…
The Window of Abundance
Have you ever wondered why two people looking at the same event can feel completely different things? Or why some people constantly live in “lack”, while others experience “abundance”, no matter the circumstances? The answer may lie in the window through which we view the world. Let me continue with a quote from Haemin Sunim’s…
The Journey Over the Goal: Finding Growth and Happiness Together
In this post, I will explore the difference between the journey and goals, and discuss how growth can merge with happiness. I’ll start with a quote again. I heard a sentence on the Modern Wisdom podcast in the episode How to Stop Being Such a People Pleaser: To be better, we don’t need to hate…
Compound Returns
“All returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest. Play long-term games!” Naval Ravikant Compound Interest Returns Investments made in small sizes grow over time through the snowball effect, bringing us significant gains. Nick Maggiulli’s book Just Keep Buying is an excellent guide to understanding the snowball effect of investing.…
The Importance of Having a System in Investing
Recently, I read this book about financial freedom. I think it is one of the books that should be read on this path. It explains in detail how to achieve financial freedom with a simple and clear narrative. There is also a short section on investing. The authors emphasized that this investment section is included…
What Is Abundance?
The concept of abundance is one that many of us struggle to define. What does true abundance mean? In this post, I’ll try to shed light on this idea. Defining Abundance Is abundance about having everything we desire? Is it being able to buy anything that catches our eye? Or is it simply having lots…
The Monk of Abundance 