you're quite correct -- there is no mention of inflation. this is mainly because i don't know how to not work. i've tried it. i fail pretty hard at not worki

you're quite correct -- there is no mention of inflation. this is mainly because i don't know how to not work. i've tried it. i fail pretty hard at not working. but at the point where you have this steady income, any job you take contributes strongly to your personal wealth -- much more so than if you didn't have the debts settled and the regular income. any extra income from work (that i didn't blow on hats, mind you) would go into a managed fund, most likely an index fund. days like today though happen periodically, and individual stocks require the kind of detail work that isn't cost effective at those amounts. i make more money working than the growth i would see in the stocks having spent the same time on it. all that said, if the current project gets picked up ...