In my ten years as a financial advisor, I have witnessed life partners' financial arrangements, agreements, and disagreements.

In a little village in Myanmar, monks in maroon robes walk down the street with bowls in hand to gather alms.

Whenever we're out, my little son will ask me, "Are we close to home?" A few blocks, a few neighborhoods, a few states - are we close...

We're now in the dead of winter, a time when the summer seems long ago. When the sun shines on my face, it feels precious. Lately I've been

At a house party in my 20s, I told someone I worked in financial planning. To my dismay she responded with, “That’s okay, I have a boring...

If you're like most people, when you fill out choices in your retirement plan, you likely aren't thinking about arms manufacturing— even...

But can cost comparison address the question of having kids or not? I’m not so sure. Having kids is a fundamental life question.

Despite the setbacks to student debtors, new changes to the repayment options are a good thing. So let's dig into it together.

If you are in a couple and ambivalent about marriage, blink and you might miss the benefits. But there are a few benefits worth mentioning.

In April’s installment of my newsletter I wrote about the mindset of scarcity and its impact on finances. Many clients have struggled with

Isn’t it weird how rich people feel so much scarcity? They don’t have the struggles that bind you on a daily basis. They could live like...

Lately as the proxy war over trans people continues, I am grieving the narrative of progress and safety that I had even as bathroom bills..

There are two ways to count your spending—counting up from zero, or down from everything.

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.

Landon in the media!

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

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...

All the reasons I believe in goal making in the new year.

The dreaded weight-loss analogy. A few years back on a conference call with the Seattle Times for a “Money Makeover” financial plan, I...

My partner likes to say that education is a scam. Or perhaps a tool of the state to make children compliant...