- Focus
on your health
- Be out
and about
- Continue
to learn
- Pursue
financial independence
- Avoid the
Wealth Effect; if you are happy with what you have now,
live the same lifestyle even if your wealth increases.
That is, your real spending should never increase despite
real growth in earnings and investments above your original
spending rate. This behavior leads to greater persistent
happiness with peace of mind by eliminating Hedonic Adaptation
for which a higher risk of financial ruin with only a fleeting
uptick in pleasure can result from higher consumption.
- Follow
the broader market; beating it is extremely unlikely.
- Reduce
systemic and non-systemic risk of ruin with diversification.
- Automate
low-cost investing; do not micromanage which diminishes the other
principles and leads to market timing that undermines item b.
Actions that follow from the above principles:
- Kayak
(1 and 2)
- Travel
(2, 3 and 4)
- Love
(1 and 3)
- Volunteer
(2 and 4)
- Actualize AAM (4)