Educator FI
Financial Independence For Educators
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
You can increase your chances of finding luck by making solid decisions along the way.
You don't need to be perfect, but you do need to be intentional. Understanding yourself, weighing information, and purposefully shifting your mindset and habits will lead to progress.
These posts will help you do those things.
It’s been a bit since I’ve published, and I miss it! Running a school during pandemic times is really hectic, and I’m focusing almost all of my energy there until the end of this school year. The …
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It’s hard to believe I’ve written more than 200 posts on Educator FI. For the first year, I published at least two posts a week, and I’ve posted every Monday for almost 2.5 years. Then, suddenly last …
Do you trust your brain? Are you making unbiased decisions 100% of the time? Unlikely. Believing so is dangerous. In the Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli works through almost 100 common …
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“Money can’t buy happiness.” I was begging for money to buy something from the neighborhood ice cream truck. This is the first time I remember my dad throwing out a phrase I’d hear many times. I …
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We can all improve our decision-making. One way to do that is to simplify the complex into a tighter set of principles that ground our decisions. These quotes from Principles by Ray Dalio will help …
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It's an announcement I look for every year to see how best to take advantage of my tax advantaged investing options. This year, the IRS announced that the elective contribution limits for 403(b) and …
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