"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." –Marcus Aurelius
My wife and I are ready to start our family, and I’ve been thinking a lot about raising children in modern America. Traveling through Europe has also given me cause to think about the differences. I can remember reading a news story back in the 2000s about a Danish mom in America getting in trouble…
Let’s talk insurance again – this time, life insurance. How does it work, and who should have it? Life insurance is, of course, something you get because you are betting that you will die soon (or your wife wants to make that bet…). Just kidding. It is still based on life and death. Like all…
“There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is ‘Where am I going?’ and the second is ‘Who will go with me?’ If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.” –Sam Keen Masculinity has taken many forms in many cultures, but the core of it is always…
“If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, ‘I awake to do the work of a man.’” –Marcus Aurelius In recent years we’ve heard people constantly giving the advice to ‘follow your passion’ or asking us ‘what are you passionate about?’ More broadly, we have developed a cultural assumption that it is better…
Suppose you are taking the next step in adult life and getting married. If you followed the advice in a previous article, you’ve had a lot of the hard conversations. But now let’s talk about money, specifically. Should you merge your accounts? Or should you keep your finances separate? This can generate strong feelings, but…