As one’s income grows, so does one’s happiness. But this dynamic isn’t immune to the laws of diminishing returns. At an income of $75,000, happiness supposedly peaks. Don’t ask me why, but my fertile mind got hung up on this factoid recently. On one hand, the correlation between income and happiness makes perfect sense. Make …
Here’s a shocking revelation for you, life is short. I went to the Social Security Administration’s website and entered my gender and date of birth in its Life Expectancy Calculator. Here’s what it spit out. Holy purple cats! Multiply 26.3 years by 365.25 days and you get 9,606 days. That’s basically what I have left. …
Today we have a guest post from Mr. Xyz who blogs with his wife at Our Financial Path. They are both in their 20s and hail from Canada. They plan to retire at 35, after ten years of blogging about their journey. In their Open Book series, Mr. and Mrs. Xyz write about their various …