Compound Longevity: The Dividend Portfolio for Solopreneurs
How to build a financial foundation that supports a decade of transition into independent work.
Dividend investing is not glamorous. It is, however, one of the most reliable engines of optionality available to a self-employed person.
The Dividend Aristocrats Framework
Companies that have grown their dividends for 25+ consecutive years tend to share three traits: durable cash flow, conservative payout ratios, and management teams that have survived multiple cycles.
Freedom compounds, but only if you stop selling the seed.
From the Steep Shelf
A few tools, teas, and staples we use (or would use) to support the ideas in this article.
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The Number You're Avoiding
Thirty minutes, once a month, on a fixed date. Look at the numbers. Decide nothing. A procedure for the avoidance the moralising misses.
The First Sniffle: What Actually Helps at the First Sign of a Cold
What actually helps at the first sign of a cold, sorted honestly: the timing rule that gives zinc its power, honey's quiet win, and the two days that decide the rest.
Paper Before the Prompt
A ten-minute page before the screen: a small, evidence-aware practice for finding your own position before asking a tool to think with you.