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A few months ago, I saw this tweet about the World Sauna Championships and how men will literally push themselves to the brink of death to win them, despite there being no tangible rewards. As the author of the tweet noted: It was interesting to me because it’s another piece of evidence that as soon as you create a ruleset…no matter how ridiculous it is, no matter how small the group of participants, no matter the extreme chance of death, and no matter a total lack of prizes. There will always be men willing to compete to the point of actually killing themselves… It’s kind of like a hijacking of the programming evolutionary mind, where no incentive makes sense but it happens anyway. You can find a million examples of this for every male interest on the planet. Just the simple act of starting down a path confers it meaning to the person, and the more they are surrounded by other men who care about the same thing, the more they learn and compete, the more entranced by it they are, until their identity is fully subsumed by it and stuff like these sauna deaths happen. They’re right, but these kinds of dangerous status games aren’t exclusive to men. Competitive female freedivers like Audrey Mestre and Natalia Molchanova both passed away pursuing a sport with little financial reward or media coverage. What they were chasing was status. When we look at competitive freediving or the World Sauna Championships, it’s easy to see why such competitions seem so irrational. Both have a negatively asymmetric payoff—the upside is trivial and the downside is everything. But what about those status games where the payoffs aren’t so obvious? Where the upsides are there, but the downsides are unknown ahead of time? I’ve thought about this a lot since becoming a father a few months ago. Until that point, my primary sense of fulfillment came from my writing and my career. Everything was focused on more content and more followers. Rinse and repeat. But helping to raise my daughter has been a joy unlike anything I’ve experienced before. I’ve been so fulfilled by it that it made me question whether the game I was playing for the past 10 years still makes sense. You have to understand that, for an online content creator, the ultimate sign of success is a huge platform. People like Tim Ferriss, Andrew Huberman, and Chris Williamson are examples of those who have won the game. These are the creators we look up to. They’re supposed to help us live better lives with their accumulated knowledge and wisdom. Yet, as far as I can tell, all of these men are unmarried and childless. I understand that not everyone wants to be married or have children, but now that I have both, I feel a bit deceived. Because the online environment I’ve operated in for most of my career has been glorifying a lot of people playing the wrong game. It’s put
Can you believe the year is already winding down? The holidays will be here before you know it. While this time of year usually means spending more money, it can also be a great time to make some extra money. Companies need additional workers to deal with holiday shopping, shipping, food orders, events, and…
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, October is here with its beautiful colours, cool nights, and Thanksgiving celebrations. But before I get too excited, it’s time for my September 2026 goals report and a look ahead at my goals for October. The post It’s time for my September 2026 goals report appeared first on Boomer Eco Crusader.
Our in-house passive portfolio is having a distinctly average year: up 7.8% so far in 2026, or about 4.7% after inflation. The tale is one of double-digit equity gains, dragged down by bond fund ankle weights: Actually, the story of 2026 is the story of the portfolio’s lifetime. The equities bloc (in the green zone below) has performed creditably to amazingly. The 13.7% annualised return of Developed World ex-UK going back well over a decade […]
Here at HumbleDollar, we spend most of our time on growing wealth. That focus leaves a blind spot: we’ve neglected readers who want to shrink their wealth through their investment choices. In the interest of balance, I’d like to address that gap systematically. Let’s start with the easiest set-it-and-forget-it approach, a classic one-two combo. First, find a high-fee advisor who champions high-fee funds. Give it a few years and, if all goes to plan, you […]
If you have children, then odds are you’ve thought of the future expense of college. My kids are 10 and under, and it seems like I have plenty of time, but in reality I need to come up with a LOT of money starting in just 8 short years! In 8 years, my oldest willKeep Reading A Way to Pay for College When You Haven’t Saved Up Enough was originally published on WhatMommyDoes.com
Parents can have better money conversations with their college-bound kids by discussing college costs, borrowing decisions and financial responsibilities before those decisions become urgent. A student entering college for the first time needs more than academic preparation; they need a practical understanding of how tuition, living expenses and financial choices affect their future. ManyKeep Reading How Parents Can Have Better Money Conversations With Their College-Bound Kids was originally published on WhatMommyDoes.com
There are lots of reasons—and lots of ways—to save. However, for those looking for a benchmark of just how much they should’ve saved by a specific age, things get tricky. Average savings by age is a tough metric because there are so many variables that go into a number like that. The Importance of Saving for the Future Life can happen fast. For example, the average cost of just having a new baby can run anywhere from […]
I recently mentioned in a talk that many three-letter acronyms introduced by the MF industry are unnecessary. Allow me to expound. The three-letter acronyms (TLAs), aka initialisms, I mean, are SIP, STP, SWP and SIF. We can also include the associated products – PMS and AIFs. SIP: You need a system to start investing. You… The post MF three-letter acronyms that are unnecessary appeared first on freefincal.
Our monthly Singapore expense report for September 2026. We paid about $4,500 for a new aircon system from our sinking fund, and it still made September our first shortfall month since February. The post FIRE Trial Expense Report — September 2026: A $4,500 Aircon Replacement We Saved Up For appeared first on Turtle Investor.
Gen Z debt is climbing faster than any older generation, and it is already changing how this generation makes some of its biggest financial decisions. A July 2026 survey of 2,000 U.S. adults carrying debt, conducted by research firm aytm for Accredited Debt Relief and Money.com, found that 45% of Gen Z respondents said their debt grew over the past year. That compares with 39% of millennials, 34% of Gen X, and 30% of baby […]