The Pension Series (Part 2): Worth vs. Worth It

Prologue

I’ll admit up front this article won’t be to everyone’s liking which probably isn’t a good way to start out a blog post if you want people to read it.  However, there’s a likelihood that some readers will get no more than a few paragraphs in, and question what the hell any of this has to do with Financial Independence (FI) or pensions.  They may even think all I’m trying to do is blow my own horn.  I’m not, but I could see how it might appear that way if you don’t stick around to the end.  Admittedly, I used this post as an opportunity to engage in some much-needed writing therapy.  One of my Docs told me it would help to write about events from my career which contributed to my PTS.  Thus, dealing with the topic of  “worth vs. worth it” gave me the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.  I’ll leave the determination of whether I successfully pulled it off up to you. Continue reading

Track Your Money (Part 2): YNAB

Remember how I said Grumpus Brotherus had used You Need A Budget (YNAB) for years?  Well, when I asked him to write a paragraph for my Track Your Money post, he sent an entire post’s worth of information back.  Instead of editing the material down to a paragraph to fit my article, I decided to give him his own post.  I present you here the first guest author for the Grumpus Maximus blog!  Now I must warn you that Grumpus Brotherus is a nerd … I mean N-E-R-D.   Which is ok these days since the nerds will apparently inherit the Earth.  But at points within the article, he does geeks out on software

I can’t believe Brother Grumpus does this since ..

interface and whatnot.   It is hard to believe he flies in fighter jets for a living.  Although I guess jets are more software than hardware these days, so maybe it makes sense.  In any case, I edited a little to de-nerd it for us ‘laypeople’, but otherwise all the themes are his own; completely unprompted by me …. you will see what I mean.  Enjoy.  — Grumpus Maximus Continue reading