Mike Gaynes

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• I now feel inadequate with my 65 inch screen. Time to go shopping.

  Post: FIFA Financials

  Link to comment from July 21, 2026

• Dennis, lovely article as always. But I think there’s one more lesson you ought to add to your list. Pause and appreciate. Whatever achievements and good fortune come your way, do not forget to stop and savor them. Life is transitory. On your way to the future, remember to cherish the moment.

  Post: Lessons on the Ground

  Link to comment from July 18, 2026

• It strikes me that in all those financial conversations, he never asked her if she was happy, and she never spoke up. This wasn’t just a failure inrisk assessment. It was a failure in communication. They are both fortunate the marriage survived.

  Post: Risk Adjusted: The Family Ledger 

  Link to comment from June 18, 2026

• I had a camper van for 15 years and compiled some great memories, but never really got full use out of it. My wife and I enjoyed it for a few days at a time, maybe a week, but not longer than that. We covered the entire West Coast in it, but never ranged farther than that. When it was time to visit Yellowstone or the Midwest, we flew.

  Post: Retirement Toys

  Link to comment from May 5, 2026

• My reaction as well.

  Post: The reality of Social Security and Medicare- My real life experience.

  Link to comment from May 5, 2026

• I’m not fully retired yet, but I already know there will be zero toys. I am not at all a toy guy. My splurges, should circumstances allow, will be on travel, like our New Zealand trip a couple of months ago. But that little contraption sounds like an absolute blast! Mini-Moke. Hmmm…..

  Post: Retirement Toys

  Link to comment from May 4, 2026

• I’ve always felt optimism is a natural gift, Dan. My divorce was pure betrayal, and my health issues were supposed to end my life, yet somehow I never got really down or discouraged. I can’t take any credit for that. I think I was just born with the bone in my head that makes me think everything‘s gonna turn out OK in the end. Sounds like you have it too.

  Post: Around the Obstacles

  Link to comment from April 25, 2026

• That’s a massive consideration.

  Post: How it all pencils out–or at least, we hope so! (Our Big “Little” Move, Part 3)

  Link to comment from April 24, 2026

• What a superb contribution, Andrew. Many thanks for these reflections. I ponder these issues often, most recently yesterday when I was delivering Foodline boxes to disabled seniors (it’s part of the local Meals on wheels program). These are some of the poorest members of our community, yet they do have this safety net, slender though it may be, to ensure that they have enough to eat. And in many parts of the world, Bangladesh among them, just this basic standard would qualify as wealth – because so many millions of people don’t have even this.

  Post: What Bangladesh Taught Me About Enough

  Link to comment from April 17, 2026

• Thanks for this detailed account. You didn’t specifically mention it, but it seems like you’re staying in Davis (a lovely area, certainly, but that summer heat would kill me!!). We also went through the process of selling one home and buying another simultaneously. It worked out, but it’s not something I would ever consider again. Too stressful. Too many parts of the process that aren’t in your control. Did the idea of moving cause you any concerns? I’ve packed up my life and moved many times, and each time it becomes less appealing. How did you cope with that?

  Post: Buying and Selling our Condo (Our Big “Little” Move, Part 2)

  Link to comment from April 17, 2026