The header photo is a shout out to one of my favorite stories about earning, consumption and contentment: One day a fisherman was sitting on a bench on a lovely pier, watching the tide come in. His fishing pole propped up and he was very relaxed. A businessman came walking down the beach trying to [...]

It's upsetting when the stock markets are down and our investments have lost value. Certainly, it'd be better to have not lost the money in the first place, but given that we have, there are a few non-intuitive benefits. I was working with a client recently who should sell some old investments since the funds [...]