Dear Younger Fred
18 Things I Wish You Understood Earlier
Last week, Madelaine and you celebrated 18 years together.
Dear Younger Fred
Some of the Best Moments Cost Nothing
We spend so much of adulthood thinking the memorable moments need to be created. The big vacation. The perfect birthday. The expensive experience.
Dear Younger Fred
The Best Return $29.95 Can Buy
You can talk yourself out of almost anything with a cost-benefit analysis. Don't buy the flowers, they'll only die. But fulfilment isn't a science, and some of the best returns in life never show up on a spreadsheet. About $29.95 every two weeks, roughly.
Dear Younger Fred
That's Not You... Yet
Six years ago you said yes to a charity ride you had no business joining. No bike, no gear, no clue what you were doing. It taught you that "that's not me" usually just means "not yet," and that we don't discover who we are so much as build it.
Dear Younger Fred
There's No "I" in Team
But every once in a while, life has a funny way of reminding you.
Dear Younger Fred
These Were the Good Old Days
But one day, the days that feel completely normal will be the ones you miss the most.
Dear Younger Fred
Know When to Change the Song
The one warning people that they wouldn't want their financial advisor to secretly be a DJ?
