How to pick and choose where you go to eat and drink — The cost of dining and drinking out in Los Angeles has gotten so expensive my girlfriend and I rarely do it anymore. You might be in the same or a similar boat? I have had a lot to say about this recently. And, judging by the response I received on…

More terrible news on the American dream — Surprising might have been the wrong adjective. Because the data we’ll discuss in today’s article didn’t surprise me. It shocked me. I just didn’t want to be too sensational. But, really, you can’t overstate the gravity of a situation spinning out of control. Granted, I had to step out of…

This is the actually, pretty great reality we must embrace — You can face reality or resist it. Do the latter and you run the risk of fooling yourself, leading to a less-than-perfect relative old age and maybe even a bitter life. Particularly when you assess the prospects of your retirement situation. Double particularly if you’re — like me — part…

Some people still want the American dream — and there’s nothing wrong with that — Median America. Living the American dream in the middle — financially speaking. We talk a lot of trash about the American dream in these parts. And much of it’s warranted. No doubt. However, there’s nothing wrong with wanting a fresh patch of land and a car for Mom and Dad…

The links in this post come together to define semi-retirement as a lifestyle — from my perspective, but adaptable to yours — Earlier this week, I sent this post to free subscribers of my Living The Semi-Retired newsletter. Consider it a preview of what to expect if you pay to subscribe to my newsletter. If you follow me on Medium, it makes sense to subscribe to my newsletter because I plan on…

Maybe a little, however they also opened up massive opportunity — Every once in a while, you come across an article like this —

‘It’s time we better hit the road’ — If you told me when I was a kid that, by the time I was 48, I would have spent half of my life in California, I would have laughed. It just wasn’t on my radar that a kid from a small city in Western New York would wind up…

A travel blog post that actually contains numbers, details and useful tips — My partner and I are going back to Spain and, for the first time, for me at least, France. For the month of February 2024. In today’s post, I detail the cost of the trip so far, comparing it to this past February’s sojourn to Spain and Italy. So far…

Maybe you already have that much cash in the bank — In a recent installment of my newsletter, I asked subscribers about the $1 million symbol of status. The (fading?) personal financial rite of passage that sits at the heart of the name of this very Medium publication. However, there’s nuance to the discussions Ben Le Fort facilitates here. Of course…