Life Anniversary Negotiations: How to Check in With a Romantic Partner My dearheart and I celebrate our anniversary by checking in with each other about our relationship. Here's how we hold our discussions. a month ago • 7 min read
Life Getting a Lodger in California AKA a Roommate Recently I got a roommate, marking the first time I've dipped into landlording on my own. Here's how I did it, and lessons I learned along the way. 2 months ago • 10 min read
Kink Green Flags in a Relationship Featuring Polyamory and Kink The counterpoint to red flags are relationship green flags. They are signs for accelerating a relationship. What are some polyamorous green flags? 3 months ago • 7 min read
Life You Can't Hold Things Steady In Time Life is not static. It's constantly changing. My engineering mind sees the world in terms of rates of change: if you don't grow something, you lose it. 3 months ago • 5 min read
Life Boundaries with Young Humans and Why I'm Glad We're MINKs This weekend I enforced my boundaries with the kid when visiting my family. I've grown complacent with my multiple-income no-kids lifestyle. 4 months ago • 3 min read
Poetic When to Avoid Chasing Financial Independence Tick tick tick, my time is running out. What if I'm already halfway to an early grave? How do I decide if FI is worth pursuing? 4 months ago • 4 min read
Life I'm Glad We Bought a Condo Condominiums are an interesting type of housing with a unique blend of pros and cons to discuss. Condos are often compared to apartments and townhouses. 6 months ago • 7 min read
Life Growing Up With Safety Culture My parents had a saying: "If you're going to do something stupid, do it safely." They also told me stories from fatalgrams and taught me mindfulness. 6 months ago • 5 min read
Executive Household Big Plans Within My Executive Household Financial independence is a spectrum, and our goal is to achieve abundance. Yet early retirement is not our plan: FI is only the start of something grand. 6 months ago • 6 min read
Life Bittersweet Reminiscence We share time and space with good friends, but that surely comes to an end some day. People go their separate ways and adventures fade into memory. 7 months ago • 2 min read
