Money · 8 min
Your “enough” number is not a retirement number
A more useful way to calculate the cost of a life you actually want.
No. 01
Ideas with a long shelf life
Essays
Clear thinking for complicated trade-offs. Written for people who have accumulated enough experience to distrust simple answers.
Work · 7 min
The unfair advantage of a second-act business
Why experience, judgment and a smaller appetite for nonsense make a potent combination.
No. 02
Life · 6 min
Build a time portfolio, not just an investment portfolio
Diversifying your days may matter as much as diversifying your assets.
No. 03
Money · 7 min
The “one more year” trap
When sensible caution quietly becomes indefinite postponement.
No. 04
Work · 9 min
A small business after 50: design for optionality
A practical model for income without rebuilding the career you just escaped.
No. 05
Life · 6 min
The midlife status audit
Which ambitions are still yours—and which are expensive hand-me-downs?
No. 06