Seeking the Dividends

Everyone loves bloopers. Growing up as a baseball fan, one of my favorite baseball-related shows were the latest blooper reels, showing the mistakes, blunders, and screw-ups from the past week. You had easy fly balls glancing off gloves falling to the ground, throws sailing well beyond their target, and professional players slipping and falling as if the field was littered with banana peels. Even for the non-sports fans, outtakes are the bloopers of the entertainment world. Professional actors flubbing their lines, unable to contain their laughter, or clumsiness provides comic relief Why do we love the bloopers and outtakes? Maybe it's because it helps us better identify with the people and personalities we view as larger than life and put on a pedestal. Ordinarily, they seem out of reach with our normal lives, until they show us that they make mistakes just like we do. Again, everyone loves bloopers/outtakes. That is, except when they are your own. When we make ou...

Hello everyone, What's that? Another month gone already? No way. We are now in March so I guess it's "Way" then. Yes, February has come to a close, March is upon us, so that means it is time to look back at the month that was and summarize. First off, aside from the dividends for a moment, I wanted to thank those that came out for the local FIRE meetup in Boston, held in February. Ever since starting down this path, I have been eager to meet others in this location that are going down this financial path, albeit likely in a different matter specifically, but generally pursuing some form of Financial Independence. We tend to be an interesting set of people. It's always a treat to meet others in the Personal Finance arena in person for this reason. We're all pursuing our own financial goals in our own way, but it's always good to hear the different perspectives and where we are on our journey. We don't all follow the same path to get there, a...