Landon's Once-a-Month "Backwards Budget"
There are two ways to count your spending—counting up from zero, or down from everything.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Jul 1
- 5 min
Let’s consider our inevitable demise
You can’t use your money where you’re going, so why bother? My answer is that an orderly estate is an act of care to others.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- May 1
- 1 min
Should you be worried about inflation if you have student loans?
Landon in the media!
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Apr 1
- 4 min
French Teen v. Big Sis: Who will pay me back?
One summer while I was visiting Paris with friends after my high school study-abroad program, I lent my friend €80 to buy a nice pair of hee
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Navigating Family Power & Financial Delegations
My father was born in the year of the tiger. Growing up in a Chinese family in Singapore and Malaysia he was one too many tiger...
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Jan 2
- 5 min
In Defense of New Year’s Resolutions
All the reasons I believe in goal making in the new year.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
A Budget Is Not a Body
The dreaded weight-loss analogy. A few years back on a conference call with the Seattle Times for a “Money Makeover” financial plan, I...
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
Katie Thinks School's a Scam
My partner likes to say that education is a scam. Or perhaps a tool of the state to make children compliant...
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Administrative Genius
A few years ago, behavioral economics took the world by storm. It helped us think critically about the influence of nudges on outcomes.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Queer Feelings about ESG
I came of age in the queer left in Seattle, where ethicality is paramount. "Environmental" might mean saving dish water and using it to flus
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Aug 1, 2021
- 4 min
Go Ahead and Miss Out Financially
I love the wild ones, but most of the people who come to hire a financial planner are actually pretty prudent. They want to know that...
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Jul 7, 2021
- 0 min
Attention Small Nonprofits: If You Care about Your Employees, Help Them Retire
The important work of nonprofit employees ought to be rewarded with the ability to retire with dignity after a career of service.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- Jul 1, 2021
- 4 min
100+ Years Delinquent
This article explores the effect of compound interest and the continued legacy of racism in America.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
The Joys and Sorrows of Budgeting
Making an ideal budget is easy; it's where that budget meets with reality that's the problem.
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