I’ve had a strange morning routine over the last couple of months. With temps in the morning just below 30 degrees, I’ll step outside, sans shirt and shoes, and let myself feel the cold on my body. I’ll do a few stretches and listen politely to my mind in its weak protest to what it perceives to be an injustice. In most situations it’s the mind that is the weak link. Continue reading
The Joy Of Building Things
For most of my life, roughly 38 years of it to be exact, I’ve never been what you would call “mechanically inclined”. I wasn’t “handy” with anything. When things broke I dreaded having to call someone to fix it. I stayed away from any activity that required me to use my hands. It’s not like I didn’t have amble opportunity when I was younger to learn these things. Continue reading
2015: The Year of The Stoic
I have a confession to make. Over the past year and half I have been a bit confused in the direction I wanted my life to take. Having achieved greater financial freedom after paying off my debts and then securing housing by buying a foreclosure and fixing it up myself, I found that there were numerous opportunities before me. Continue reading
Projected Spending For 2015
In November I revealed my spending for perhaps the fist time on this blog and followed that up with Decembers spending as well. I plan to continue this for all of 2015 so I can determine what my spending levels are based on the lifestyle I have chosen to live. Continue reading
Flexing My DIY Muscles
Since I bought my first foreclosure and set about rehabbing the bathroom, living room and exterior of the house I’ve developed some serious do-it-yourself (DIY) skills. These weren’t skills I brought to the table from the beginning. I had to learn them out of necessity because it was how I was going to make my housing costs profitable in the long run. Continue reading
The Stoic Investor 