Mindful Money Blog

Don’t Push It | Rules of Thumb vs. Rules of Big Toe | Is College Still Worth It? | Gratitude Comes with Benefits | The Demise of Alternative Investments

Why Forcing Gratitude in Kids Backfires—And What to Do Instead | Nobody Knows (Yet Again) | There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People | Economic Cheat Codes for Gaming an Unfair System | Bear Markets are a Necessary Evil

How to Make Someone Feel Seen and Heard | How Basic Income Programs Can Support Mental Health | We Are Drowning in Words, While Starving for Wisdom | You Know Nothing—Embrace That and You’ll Earn a Decent Return | How to Prepare for a Recession

The Gen X Career Meltdown | What Age Do People Around the World Think Is Best to Reach Major Life Milestones? | A Surprising Route to the Best Life Possible | Love, Sex, and Happiness, Explained by Philosophy | What We’ve Learned From 150 Years of Stock Market Crashes

Twelve Steps to Self Forgiveness | Trump Tarriffs and the Flight to Quality | Huston, We Have a Correction. Now What? | Friendship in the Age of Politics and Productivity | America: The Envy of the World

The Opposite of Fascism | Against Self-Improvement | Kurt Vonnegut on the Secret of Happiness | The Anatomy of Marital Happiness | Think Differently About Global Diversification

Keep Your Feet on the Ground with Mindful News Consumption | Pure Independence | Bounded Rationality: Recognizing the Limits of Decision-Making in Investing | Money Lessons Without Money: The Financial Literacy Fallacy | Vanguard Investor Questionnaire

The American Dream is Not a Coin Flip | Outcome Orientation as a Cure for Information Overload | 2024 Government Revenue and Spending | Annual Letter from Warren Buffet | Tune Out the Noise