This essay might be one of the most important from my new book, "Your Money: Reimagining Wealth in Simple Sketches."
It’s called "Life Meets Money" and it’s about what really drives good financial decisions. Not markets. Not headlines. But the messy, human stuff underneath: goals, timing, fear, meaning.
This is my behind-the-scenes thinking that shaped essay #10 in the new book coming out in October 2025.
This is the essay:
Good financial decisions happen at the intersection of what’s going on in your life and what’s going on in the markets and the economy.
We start with a simple question. Then we get into the details, the nuances, the exceptions and trade-offs. Suddenly, things get very complicated.
It’s complicated because two complex forces collide: your life and the markets. That intersection is where every good financial decision is made.
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What is Behavior Gap Radio?
Greetings, Carl here.
This podcast is super simple, it's me wandering through the world noticing things about how to align my use of capital (time and money) with what is actually important to me.
-Carl