March 2018 archive

Podcasts Featuring The Happy Philosopher

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Greetings philosophers! I have a couple of new podcasts to share with you this week (featuring yours truly). Podcasts are very different than blogging. When I write, my words are carefully chosen and deliberate. The pace at which the thoughts come out of my head is constrained by my very poor tying skills and old …

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Case Study: Should I Keep Working Even Though I’m Financially Independent?

Today I  have a case study that delves into many important questions about early retirement, financial freedom and the morality of work. I started interacting with this doc via email and knew I needed to use his case as a starting point for many issues I’ve been wanting to write about for a while now.  …

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Buy Nothing 2018 Experiment – February Update

I was a bit groggy and tired from a long day of work the day before, and I had not yet had my coffee when Mrs. Happy Philosopher greeted me with a colorful bag with decorative paper sticking out of the top.   Mrs. HP: “I got you a birthday present.” HP: “But it’s not …

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