Adam Mundorf : Philosophical and Financial : Thoughts and Musings

  What I Learned from 32 to 33 Focus and Self Worth : Freedom and Betrayal : Letting Go of Expectations and Enjoying the Journey By Adam Mundorf What I Learned from 32 to 33  I missed my annual birthday blog posts from 30 to 32 because I lost motivation to write for some reason but now I'm back writing consistently.  I am grateful for every year of my life I receive from the universe.  Things can change fast whether through an accident, brain aneurysm or other unfortunate life circumstances.  While I live a prudent and great life, sometimes shit happens and I'm always open minded that I might be next for an unfortunate circumstance so everyday is unequivocally a blessing. When I think about the past year of my life, I think my biggest lessons can be summed up as follows : focus and self worth, freedom and expectations.  I'll break down each of these and why they meant so much to me over the last year. Focus and Self Worth Focus is an extremely powerful tool...

   Playing the Fool and Being Underestimated : Absurdity of Life : Why Me? By Adam Mundorf Playing the Fool and Being Underestimated I've always been known somewhat as being a fool, oftentimes at my own expense.  Seriousness is never and will never be my forte, especially when it comes to everyday activities.  Now for sure, if the stakes were higher I would be as serious as I needed to be.  The stakes in daily life just aren't simply high enough. I'm admittedly a bit of an anomaly.  In private, I'm extremely calculated.  I'm talking spreadsheets, reading books, physical culture, pondering, introspection, wondering and lots of unpublished writing.  It's really really strange, I'll be the first to admit it.  It leads me to be underestimated often.  They think the clown I play, is the person I am but it's only one half of me and I can turn it off like a switch if need be. I'm just saying, don't underestimate people who have a sense of humor...

Absence of Desire and the Desire for More Obligations, Peace and Quiet : Fun and Friendships : Live for Today By Adam Mundorf Absence of Desire and the Desire for More Being humans we naturally desire more, it's in our dna.  We never have enough and end up on a hedonistic treadmill.  This is why we see people who seem to have it all, end up offing themselves.   With every million you get, you want a million more.  With every attractive girl you see, there's a better one right around the corner.  One drink is never enough and you crave more.   It's never enough. How incredibly lucky am I to have escaped the distant green light of desire.  I am never reaching for anything.  I don't crave power, titles, money, ladies, drugs or liquor.  I'm not sure how I became like this.  Maybe it's seeing how many lives have been ruined by divorce, addiction and debt.  As I grow older, the more right I feel and quite frankly the more peacef...

  ReKindling Creative Energy I've Gotten Much Right : Wealth, Power and the Quest for Suffering : Suicidal Empathy : Conclusion By Adam Mundorf Rekindling Creative Energy Life will crush you if you let it.  Your laughter fades or becomes artificial.  You stop playing video games and doing creative things. Your chest and heart is full of anxiety about the future.  Your self worth is affected by outside opinions and social media.  Your life becomes about spreadsheets and 401ks rather than dreams and vigor.  You're focused on the next promotion, that next dollar and that next relationship.  You're so focused on what's next that you forget to focus on the now.  Then suddenly you look in the mirror and you're almost 40.  You focused on things that are to put it lightly minute.  They don't fucking matter and never did.  Misery loves company and people will drag you with them to the depths of despair.  I am convinced the health proble...

  Why I Don't Own an Animal Responsibility and Obligation Selfishness and the Dream Life Conclusion By Adam Mundorf Why I Don't Own an Animal Hey, anyone who knows me, knows I love animals.  They're cute, adorable, fun, intelligent and loyal but I have many issues with modern day animal owners.  People will buy an animal based on how it looks, what they 'want' and their own impulses.  Sometimes they even buy these animals when they can't even afford to feed themselves or their own family.  They could already be in debt and still buy themselves that cute puppy or cat. Responsibility and Obligation Responsibility and obligation is one thing that I aim at minimizing in my life.  I don't take any source of responsibility and obligation lightly.  If I choose to put another thing on my plate, I make damn sure that I can pay every bill and give that responsibility/obligation every ounce of me it deserves.  It pisses me the fuck off, that people will buy ...

  To Die Rich is to Die Disgraced Sacrifice Today to Give More Tomorrow Don't Be a Lazy Sack of Shit By Adam Mundorf To Die Rich is to Die Disgraced I forget what I was reading when I came across this quote by Andrew Carnegie but it really resonated with me.  To die rich is to die disgraced.  What does this mean to me?  Well, I've always been pretty reserved when it comes to my wealth, lifestyle and money.  I have the financial ability and flexibility to do anything (if I pay some tax penalties) but I don't have the want or the need.  This leads me to the next question of why do we hoard all of our money, even when it is in great excess of our lifestyle needs?  Here I am.  I already won the game but yet I still maintain a high savings rate and still invest most my income.   Why? Why do we continue to hoard away our cash, even when the proverbial game is already over? Sacrifice Today to Give More Tomorrow We continue to save and invest be...