It’s that time when the kids wind down their school year. We have girls that are enjoying their last year at the elementary, the new intermediate school, the junior high, …
Estate Sale
When’s the last time you went to an estate sale? I think the last time I went to one it was just after the 90s ended, so it’s been a …
Why Buying Luxury Items Is Less Harmful at 62 Than at 22
This rant may come as a surprise to you, at least coming from me. It’s actually a little surprising to me that I’m writing it because I wrestle with this …
Back To The Basics: Seven Factors in Determining Retirement Age
Retirement means something a bit different to everyone. To some, it’s a financial finish line. To others, retirement represents a transition from paid work to volunteer work. Whatever it means …
70/100 Vision
I don’t know what a perfect life looks like or a perfect retirement plan either. What I can say is that it would be really fun to plan a life …
Six Girls Eating Chinese Food
More than any other topic, people seem to want me to write about my family. Apparently, your appetite for taxes and Social Security insights are not on par with your …
Predicting the Future of the Market
Every so often I’ll read an article sent to me that says something to the effect of, “The stock market is poised for a HUGE loss, according to someone really …
The Singularity: Family Edition
The technological singularity (also, simply, ‘the singularity’) is the hypothesis that the invention of artificial superintelligence (ASI) will abruptly trigger runaway technological growth, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization (source: Wikipedia). I see …
The Choice Challenge
If you were to ask me what is my very favorite thing, I think I’d say it’s choice. I suppose it’s like declaring that freedom is good. The very ability …
Fourth Anniversary of Fourth Dimension Weekly
This edition of the Fourth Dimension Weekly Newsletter, ‘The Weekly’, marks the four-year anniversary since it began. On March 13th of 2015, I began this journey with you, promising to …