Tools for Life and Travel.

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Steward

Freedom Path Calculator

See how long until your investments can cover your life, using the 3–5% rule.

$9.99 to own · or $9.99/mo for all tools

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Architect

Freedom Path Quiz

A 3-minute career quiz to find work that fits you and the paths to freedom it opens.

$9.99 to own · or $9.99/mo for all tools

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Operator

Optimal Routine Builder

A timed daily plan from wake-up to lights out, built around your schedule and goals.

$9.99 to own · or $9.99/mo for all tools

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Herald

Human Self-Programming

Wise sayings and your own words, read aloud in a natural human voice over the music you choose.

$9.99 to own · or $9.99/mo for all tools

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Sentinel

Current Planet Earth Wars Tracker

An interactive globe of every country in an ongoing armed conflict, and who is involved. Updated daily.

$9.99 to own · or $9.99/mo for all tools

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Sage

Distilled Essence

Search any topic and get the vital information distilled into 200 words.

$9.99 to own · or $9.99/mo for all tools

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Healer

Self-Health Management

Know what to do next for your health, and the checkups, screenings and vaccines to get each year.

$9.99 to own · or $9.99/mo for all tools

Vision · Systems · Ownership

Meet the Council

Eight guides, one for each product. Each stands for a part of a freer life: where you live, what you own, the work you build, the days you run, the words you live by and seeing the world as it is.

In the Freedom Path Quiz and the Routine Builder, the council reads your answers and shows who leads you.

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4Monster Quick-Dry Microfiber Towel

Travel Gear · 4Monster

The 48 Laws of Power

Book · Robert Greene

Abacus.AI

AI Assistant & Agent Platform

Amazon Affiliate Program (Amazon Associates)

Income System · Affiliate Marketing

Amazon Prime

Membership · Shopping & Streaming

Apartments.com Rental Finder

Housing · Rental Search App

AquaSonic Black Series PRO Electric Toothbrush

Oral Care · AquaSonic

The Art of War

Book · Sun Tzu

Automation

System · Money & Time

The Big Five (OCEAN) Model

Personality · Psychology

CARFAX Used Car Listings

Car Buying · CARFAX

Cashflow Quadrant

Book · Robert Kiyosaki

Chaco Z/Cloud Sandals

Footwear · Chaco

Circle of Competence

Mental Model · Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger

Classical Music & Cognition: The Mozart Effect Study

Research · Rauscher, Shaw & Ky (Nature, 1993)

Compounding

Mental Model · Mathematics

Creatine Monohydrate

Supplement · Muscle & Brain

Daily Rowing

System · Exercise

DeleteMe

Privacy · Personal Data Removal

Dive Watches (my Blue Bulova Marine Star)

Watches · Bulova

Dr. Bronner's Soaps

Personal Care · Castile Soap

Emeril Lagasse 26 QT French Door Air Fryer Toaster Oven

Kitchen · Emeril Lagasse

Even Realities G2 + R1

Smart Glasses & Ring

Expedia Travel App

Travel Booking

The F.I.R.E. Movement

System · Financial Independence

F.U. Money

Book · Dan Lok

Fidelity

Investing & Brokerage

Fish Oil

Supplement · Omega-3 (EPA & DHA)

FriXion Erasable Pens

Stationery · Pilot

Get Clear Career Assessment: Find the Work You're Wired to Do

Book · Ken Coleman

HOKA Bondi SR (Slip-Resistant Leather Shoes)

Footwear · HOKA

Intermittent Fasting

System · Nutrition

Jojoba Oil

Supplement · Skin & Hair

Ketogenic Diets

System · Nutrition

Kobo E-Readers

E-Reader · Rakuten Kobo

Language Transfer App

Language Learning · Mihalis Eleftheriou

The Lessons of History

Book · Will & Ariel Durant

Logitech Lift Vertical Ergonomic Mouse

Ergonomics · Logitech

Margin of Safety

Mental Model · Benjamin Graham

MBTI & the 16Personalities Test

Personality · Self-Knowledge

Merach Q1S Magnetic Rowing Machine

Fitness · Merach

The Millionaire Next Door

Book · Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko

Minimalism

Philosophy · Intentional Living

Modern States CLEP College Credits

Education · Free College Credit

The National Study of Millionaires

Book · Chris Hogan

Neuro Energy & Focus Gum

Energy & Focus · Neuro

One Bag Travel

System · Travel & Mobility

Opportunity Cost

Mental Model · Economics

Osprey Backpacks

Gear · Travel & Carry

Outdoor Ventures Packable Puffer Jacket

Outerwear · Outdoor Ventures

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Book · Charles T. Munger

The Psychology of Money

Book · Morgan Housel

Refurbished Apple Products (Amazon Renewed)

Tech · Amazon Renewed

Sapiens

Book · Yuval Noah Harari

SMH — VanEck Semiconductor ETF

Investment · Sector ETF

Spotminders Wallet Tracker Card PRO

Travel Tech · Spotminders

Stoicism

Philosophy · Mental Models

Subconscious Programming

System · Mindset

Think and Grow Rich

Book · Napoleon Hill

Uncharted Supply Co. SEVENTY2 Survival System

Emergency preparedness · Uncharted Supply Co.

Vitamin D3 & K2

Supplement · Bones, Heart & Immunity

VT — Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Investment · Global Index ETF

YouTube Premium

Subscription · Video & Music

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Everything I use that other people made, searchable and sorted by topic.

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Articles

Longer writing on money, health, history and living well.

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Current Planet Earth Wars Tracker

An interactive globe of every country in an ongoing armed conflict, and who is involved.

A glass distillation flask with glowing pages condensing into one silver-blue drop

Distilled Essence

Search any topic and get the vital information distilled into 200 words.

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Eternal Springtime Calendar

The best months, by weather, to visit every country on the planet.

A desk with a growth chart, a calculator, a coin plant and a passport

Freedom Path Calculator

See how long until your investments can cover your life, using the 3–5% rule.

A hiker on a mountain trail at golden hour

Freedom Path Quiz

A 3-minute career quiz to find work that fits you and the paths to freedom it opens.

A person in headphones by a window at dawn above misty mountains

Human Self-Programming

Wise sayings and your own words, read aloud in a natural human voice over the music you choose.

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Occasional notes on useful ideas, tools and trips. No noise.

A sunrise desk with a time-block planner, coffee and a clock

Optimal Routine Builder

A timed daily plan from wake-up to lights out, built around your schedule and goals.

Self-Health Management

Know what to do next for your health, plus the checkups, screenings and vaccines to get each year.