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A little breakfast harvest of spinach 🌱 and wine cap mushrooms 🍄. This is the payoff of gardening consistently and focusing on perennials (in this case, the mushrooms), that you get more abundance and get it earlier. 🥰 [images: spinach leaves and lots of mushrooms in a basket, mushrooms growing in soil, spinach and mushrooms on a cutting board] #mycoculture #mushroomcultivation #gardening #highaltitudegardening #mountaingarden #zone6gardening

Voting in AN answer. Voting is not THE answer.

New on the blog this week: the economics of books and libraries, and how you can bring #walletactivism to your reading. 📚 Go to OurNextLife.com, or get the link in stories. [image: screenshot of the post on the blog.]

A new episode of the Wallet Activism podcast is out! I talked to Kiersten and Julien Saunders of @richandregular, and authors of the brand new book Cashing Out, about creating a career that aligns to your values. Go listen in your favorite podcast app. 🎧 [images: The cover of their new book, and the artwork for the Wallet Activism podcast, which looks a lot like the cover of the book by the same name.] #podcast #walletactivism #walletactivistatwork

**Now closed** GIVEAWAY! To celebrate the launch of @richandregular’s fantastic new book #CashingOut (I have read it and I love it), I’m giving away a copy of their book and copies of my two books #WalletActivism and #WorkOptional. Open to U.S. residents only, and you must follow me on Instagram (@our_nextlife) to win. To enter, like this post and leave a comment tagging two friends who would love any of these books, and say why you want to read them. Deadline to enter is 11:59 pm PT on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Winner will be chosen at random, and I will DM you on Instagram for your address if you win. Good luck! [image: the three books in the giveaway] #giveaway #bookgiveaway #bookstagram

My first piece for Bloomberg is live now (link in stories): why younger investors are looking for more socially and environmentally ethical ways to invest, why ESG isn’t good enough, and what they’re doing with their money instead. Go get some ideas! [image: screenshot from Bloomberg with the headline, “Millennials and Gen Z Are Fed Up with ESG.”] #walletactivism #bloomberg #bloomberopinion #opinion

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Best New Personal Finance Book and Community Builder 2019

Blog of the Year 2018

Our Next Life, winner of Blog of the Year at the 2018 9th Annual Plutus Awards

Best FI/FIRE Blog 2017

8th Annual Plutus Awards Finalist

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Everything on this blog is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to substitute for obtaining professional financial advice. Nothing contained here or in the book Work Optional implies a consulting or coaching relationship. Please consult a licensed financial or legal professional for advice on your own situation.

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