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2022

June 13 | The Inarguable Idiocy of Ethanol
May 23 | Don’t Underestimate The Power Of Small, Sustained Efforts Over Time
May 16 | It’s OK Only If The World Is Ending
May 9 | Remember That Time I Wrote About Lifestyle Inflation? Well…
May 2 | What Gets Prioritized Gets Done
April 25 | Your Pocket Supercomputer Wants To Steal All Your Time
April 18 | Could A Lack Of Asset Diversification Fuel Rural Trump-ism?
April 11 | A Method To Calm Your Inner Critic
April 4 | Is Manual Labor A Secret, Badass Workout Substitute?
March 28 | Recipes Series #2: Roasted Broccoli Florets
March 21 | Early 2022 Garden Update: Spring Has Sprung!
March 14 | A Willingness To Work Hard Saved Me $8,000
March 7 | Keep Your Physical Capabilities Alive
February 28 | Why Those Lists of Average 401(k) Balances Don’t Tell the Whole Story
February 21 | Recipes Series #1: Oven-Roasted Potatoes
February 14 | The California Patch
February 7 | The Importance of Family Traditions
January 31 | Making A Growth Chart
January 24 | Justification For Practical Education
January 17 | Why Sports Fandom is a Giant Waste of Time
January 10 | How To Spruce Up a Rusty Knife in Under 10 Minutes
January 3 | The Military Wet Down: A Great Way to Celebrate a Pay Raise

2021

December 27 | Emergency Preparedness: How to Store Food at Home
December 20 | The Simple Secret to Exercising Consistently
December 13 | Sunroom Flooring: Zero to Hero With Inset Tile
December 6 | Feeling Trapped at Work? Gain Options to Feel Free Again
November 29 | Environmentalism and the American Lifestyle—Are They Mutually Exclusive?
November 22 | Questions to Ask Your Dad Before He’s Gone
November 15 | Discovering The Unusual: My Dividend Hourly Rate
November 8 | Retro Bowl: Removing Temptation For A Better Life
November 1 | How I Built An Oak Herringbone Countertop
October 25 | Google Fi: A Fool-Proof Way To Save Beaucoup Bucks
October 18 | How To Easily Do Your Own Home Energy Audit
October 11 | Unsolicited Advice: Surrounding Death, Give People the Benefit of the Doubt
October 4 | Life Elixir, or: How To Win Your Workout Prep
September 29 | Ride the Lightning: How to Install a 30 amp EV-Charging Outlet
September 20 | Is It More Important to Win or to Play by the Rules?
September 13 | How To Use Mint To Improve Your Financial Life
September 6 | 2021: Baby Steps In The Garden
August 30 | How Home Energy Inefficiencies Are Like Household Debt
August 23 | Why Chest Freezers are a Great Tool to Get Rich
August 16 | How To Make Google’s Telework Pay Payoff
August 9 | Advice to my Younger Self: Keep Lifestyle Inflation Under Wraps
August 3 | How I Easily Repurposed An Old Refrigerator Into A Gun Safe
July 27 | How You Can Use Contingency Planning To Mitigate Surprise
July 22 | LEDs or: How to Save More Than $10,000 With One Choice
July 17 | Disaster Strikes! How to Use an EV To Keep The Lights On
July 13 | I Want to Build a Home Gym From Scratch!
July 8 | This Isn’t Rocket Science!
July 1 | The Journey to Wealth: Headwinds, Tide Over, and Tailwinds
June 25 | Trader Joe’s Wine: An Unconventional Path to Living a Better Life
June 20 | The Fig Tree: One of History’s Greatest Plants
June 18 | Are You Lucky or Good? How To Determine Your Locus of Control
June 15 | Emergency Preparedness: How to Store Water at Home
June 11 | Electric Cars or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Efficiency
June 10 | In Defense of the Generalist