The Case for Tithing
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...
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Apr 14 min
Strategic Scarcity
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
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Feb 12 min
Retirement of the immortal
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...
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Nov 1, 20234 min
Retirement by default invests in war
If you're like most people, when you fill out choices in your retirement plan, you likely aren't thinking about arms manufacturing— even...
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Sep 1, 20233 min
Considering the cost of kids
But can cost comparison address the question of having kids or not? I’m not so sure. Having kids is a fundamental life question.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Aug 1, 20234 min
Return of the Student Loans
Despite the setbacks to student debtors, new changes to the repayment options are a good thing. So let's dig into it together.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Jun 6, 20235 min
Marriage: What is it good for?
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.
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
May 1, 20234 min
What is burning that hole in your pocket?
In April’s installment of my newsletter I wrote about the mindset of scarcity and its impact on finances. Many clients have struggled with
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Apr 1, 20234 min
Let's play around with a Wealthiness Audit
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...
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Mar 1, 20232 min
Thoughts and prayers for the trans community
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..
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Landon Tan, CFP ®
Aug 1, 20222 min
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, 20225 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, 20221 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, 20224 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, 20224 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, 20225 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, 20213 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, 20213 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, 20213 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, 20213 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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