The 1% Plan: A Love Story Last week I laid out the origin of the blog and the 1% plan. I looked at covered calls but didn’t dive too deeply into Index Trading, which is what started it all. Why not? Because it’s complicated and slightly overwhelming, which is probably why I made so many … Read more
Let’s recap the 2nd week of the 18 month plan. Each week I look at: (1) Profit and Loss for the week (2) Deposits and/or Withdrawals (3) Current holdings (4) Progress towards the $200,000 goal and dive into some specifics about trades. Overview This week was an incredible week, an unusual week and in a … Read more
What’s this blog all about? To answer that, I go back to my therapist and his recommendation that I have an exit strategy. I’m in my 5th year at my job, a good job, a job I “had to have” during the interview process but what I don’t have is a good answer as to … Read more
July 6, 2025 Welcome to the first weekly recap of this 18 month plan. Each week I will recap (1) Profit and Loss for the week, (2) Deposits and/or Withdrawals, (3) Current holdings, (4) Progress towards the $200,000 goal and dive into some specifics about trades. This was a short week due to the July … Read more
And so it begins. Here and now. Not at a starting line, but at the midpoint of my life—where reflection meets intention, and purpose gets a deadline.For years, I’ve chased plans and checklists. Big ones. Small ones. Life plans. Training plans. Budgets with 15-year horizons. I’ve written plans that never finished, checklists that never got … Read more