If you hate your job, the idea of “Early Retirement” gets more and more appealing. But not so much, when you’re passionate about the work you do.

I wish more people realized that money grants you the ability to focus on what’s really important. Not the other way around.

The 9-5 to Assets Funnel: - Take active income earned at the 9-5 - Use that income to buy assets - Repeat For best results, continue until job optional.

We are more than halfway through 2025. Here’s the YTD Performance of these popular investments so far: - $VOO: 6.75% - $VTI: 6.22% - $QQQ: 9.22% - $SCHD: -1.21% - $VUG: 8.73% - $SCHG: 6.21% - $VXUS: 17.34% - $GLD: 25.61% - $VB: 0.31% - $BTC: 25.10% Heavy main character

In my early-mid 20s, I was dying to get out of where I grew up. Felt like I was getting sucked into the cycle of doing the same old thing, with the same old people, at the same old places. Fast forward to now. Early 30s, multiple state moves, more career experience, and

One spouse’s income covers the expenses, the other spouse’s income goes to investments. Absolute power play right there.

Work hard Invest in assets Invest in yourself Strive for simplicity Practice gratitude daily Don’t make things complicated Do what you say you’re going to do Make time for what’s really important

I’m not bought into all the AI doom and gloom around jobs. But I’m also not ignoring it. I’m upskilling a little every day: – Practicing prompt engineering – Building AI into my daily workflows – Using it to support faster decisions And outside of that? Continuing to

I know it doesn’t feel like on it here but you’re still gonna make it even if you don’t go with a 100% allocation into $BTC right this second. I say this as a big fan of $BTC, having been in it since 2021. Nothing wrong with getting your feet wet first then going from there.

According to bankrate, a 100,000 salary in January 2020 had the same buying power as $124,353 in April 2025. In other words, a dollar in Jan 2020 was worth just ~80 cents in April 2025. A ~20% decline in purchasing power 🫠

I’m seeing $ULTY all over the feed here recently. Please help me understand the appeal. Is the yield so high that people aren’t concerned about price? Is it a short term play for most? Did something drastically change since its inception? Genuinely curious.

An Elite Skill: The ability to stick with the “boring” things without seeing immediate results. Severely underrated in today’s world.

You can just eat things.

The best way to double the price of your food? Using Uber Eats or DoorDash.

I know it’s not all the rage on here right now but passive index investing is still the best move for a majority of people. Myself included.

“Get out of your own way” investments: - $VOO S&P 500 - $VTI US Total Market - $QQQ Nasdaq 100 - $VUG Growth - $VGT Tech - $IBIT Bitcoin - $SCHD Divys - $VB Small Cap - $AVUV Small Cap Value - $VNQ REITs - $VXUS Total Int’l - $VEA Developed Mrkts We tend to perform much

The S&P 500 $SPX is up over 27% since it’s low in April. Meanwhile, the US dollar has lost more than 5% of its value since then. And more than 10% YTD. Idk man, I just continue to buy and hold assets. 🤷‍♂️

How many of you were peer pressured to buy some $OSCR? Be honest.

Wife had surgery at the end of last year. We paid a healthy amount then. 6 months later, we got another bill for $700+. Called. Apparently there was some sort of mistake with how the money was applied to our deductible. I don’t think it’s necessarily intentional.. But I