• Your Annual Reminder to Move to Vegas

    Your Annual Reminder to Move to Vegas

    I used to say that Vegas was the best place in the US to live (with a few caveats), as long as you didn’t have to be here the whole year and could travel. And then 2020 came, I couldn’t travel, and I was stuck here for the entire year. To my surprise, I love…

  • Going Green for Fun and Profit

    Going Green for Fun and Profit

    When we moved from an apartment to a house recently, I saw it as an opportunity to explore energy efficiency. I knew that switching to more efficient alternatives usually doesn’t pay off for a period of time, so I figured we should start immediately and reap the benefits for as long as possible. I was…

  • Dealing with Privilege

    Dealing with Privilege

    I’m a white male who was born into a loving and smart middle class family with a big support network of extended family. My family prioritized good schools, even when it was a financial stretch to afford them, and as a result I had the opportunity to be around great teachers, all of whom I…

  • What You Need to Know About Buying Properties with Friends

    What You Need to Know About Buying Properties with Friends

    Everyone always asks me for more posts about buying property with friends, but I never really knew what they wanted to know. Last week on my new YouTube Live show, Tea Time with Tynan, I asked people for their questions about buying property with friends. People asked some great questions, so I figured I’d collect…

  • Leading Leaders

    Leading Leaders

    One of the best compliments I ever received was when a friend told me that I was a leader of leaders. He was also a leader, so it meant a lot coming from him. I’ve had this topic on my “to write” list for years now, but every time I attempt to write it I’m…

  • 2021 Survey Results and My First Livestream

    2021 Survey Results and My First Livestream

    Wow! Almost 300 people replied to the survey, most pretty thoroughly, and gave me tons to think about. I’ll be digesting and acting on the feedback for a long time, but I wanted to share some of the biggest takeaways that I think readers will be most interested in. First of all, I won’t be…

  • Reflecting on Fifteen Years of Blogging (Plus a Survey)

    Reflecting on Fifteen Years of Blogging (Plus a Survey)

    I always mean to be clever and commemorate years of blogging on roughly the anniversary of me beginning blogging, but I never remember when it is, and then every year think, “Okay, Ill do it next year instead”. But fifteen years is a long time, so rather than wait a year I’ll just be a…

  • Crafting Your Identity

    Crafting Your Identity

    One of the best things about the rise of technology is that it has enabled us to connect with people all over the world. I thought about this today when I randomly came across an “over 50 makeup” YouTube personality who was talking about Superhuman by Habit. She was talking about some specific habits that…

  • Why I Didn’t Buy a Tesla

    Why I Didn’t Buy a Tesla

    My Bentley was delivered back to me recently. It came in a tow truck and the trim was removed from the dash and piled up in the trunk along with half of the trim of some random Mercedes. Half of the windows were stuck down and the dashboard lights looked like a disco when I…

  • Making Space

    Making Space

    Most people who come to me for advice are either working too hard or not hard enough. The latter group knows that there’s a problem and want to fix it, but the former group always come under the guise of wanting to work on something else. No one, except maybe your family, will criticize you…