> In the early years of this blog I wrote a lot about the personal struggles of people who had attained financial independence only to find out that it revealed

> In the early years of this blog I wrote a lot about the personal struggles of people who had attained financial independence only to find out that it revealed that money was not what was standing in the way of happiness. Spoken like a rich person! For the poor and working classes who live month-to-month -- which is a large and growing chunk of Americans -- money (or the lack thereof) is a huge source of stress, fear, and -- yes -- unhappiness. It probably also shortens your life. And probably means you're not even getting one seat at whatever MLB or NBA game you'd like to go see. Might even mean you're not sure you're going to get to keep that one single bedroom you'd like to sleep in.