goals

1. 30 January 2026

   Money matters. Part 1: Does your spending reflect what you value?

   Many people with enough money — often more than enough — struggle to actually spend it on the things they say matter to them. They'd say health matters, but won't pay for the physio. They'd say relati…

2. 28 February 2020

   Is “early retirement” another pot at the end of the rainbow?

   What does "retirement" actually mean to you? For many of the people I talk to, early retirement isn't really about stopping work — it's about changing their relationship to work, or getting freedom to…

3. 13 December 2019

   What price a dream

   A personal allegory. On the surface it's about my long-running desire to own a Porsche Cayman. Underneath it's about having a clear-eyed perspective on your goals — the real, annualised cost of the th…

4. 17 May 2019

   A financial plan should be based on YOUR circumstances, needs, and objectives

   When it comes to money, I'm a "set and forget" kind of guy — one sign of a good strategy is that you can leave it alone. What you should review, every so often or when life shifts, is whether the plan…