Month: November 2025

My Personal Finance Snapshot (November 2025)

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The biggest splurge for me, perhaps ever, is getting a custom sauna built on our property. I’m working with an architect. It’s very bespoke with a weird shape and will cost a few times more than a standard sauna. The designs are approved and it should be done, weather permitting, by the end of the year. It’s going to sit right under our treehouse and look out into the woods. Most of my writing in […]

Agency Journey Episode 62 (Y19M5)

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There are a few stocks in my portfolio that, had I just left them alone, would have done very, very well for me. But I ended up selling too prematurely, “diversifying” into other stocks, or parking the dollars into a money market account. Sometimes, inaction and patience is the best course. I think about this when it comes to our portfolio of agencies. There’s the urge to want to provide greater support–perhaps bordering on meddling–to […]