Bill Yount

Comments:

• Your “I gotta go” humorous transparency is inspiring. We missed you at Bogleheads!

  Post: Turned Upside Down

  Link to comment from October 5, 2024

• Nice post! Glad you bought the flatbed! We miss you at Bogleheads!

  Post: My Spending Rules

  Link to comment from September 28, 2024

• Simply beautiful. You have always led by example and are again doing so admirably in your premature final chapter. I recall Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture”. Your blogs about your “last lap” have the makings of a book on how best to live in order to die well and peacefully. If you write it, I might call it The Final Chapter. I find it a special privilege to know you, to have shared some time together, and to be a little part of your journey.

  Post: No Regrets

  Link to comment from September 7, 2024

• The grace and peace with which you are dying is nothing short of extraordinary. Thank you for taking us on this journey with you.

  Post: On the Clock

  Link to comment from August 17, 2024

• Jonathan, In living, you have shown us how to live. In dying, you are also showing us how to live. The transparency of your journey is inspiring and informative. There is another book here!;) Bill

  Post: No Slowing Down

  Link to comment from July 27, 2024

• Well done. Posted my first comment. I love the Q&A topic format

  Post: Raise Your Voice

  Link to comment from June 22, 2024

• The difference between a net worth millionaire and a nest egg millionaire is critical. You can’t eat bricks and mortar or other illiquid capital. The healthiest millionaires have less than 20% of their NW tied up in their primary residence. I rely on a nest egg definition of millionaire which is liquid.

  Post: What is your definition of a millionaire?

  Link to comment from June 22, 2024

• Jonathan, Your clarity, poise, and courage in the face of your recent terminal diagnosis is truly inspiring. I am sad and wish to send you, your family, and your countless friends my love and support. I am unfortunately also your brother in arms. On April Fools’ Day my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has recovered well from her mastectomy and is starting radiation therapy soon. Cancer happens to other people. It happens on TV, in books, and in other media. Once you are diagnosed with it, it seems to be everywhere around you. As an Emergency Physician, I see the worst day of people’s lives. They come in with seemingly innocuous symptoms and leave with a terminal diagnosis. Telling people that I diagnose with metastatic cancer that they are dying is one of the hardest parts of my job. I can imagine what that day must have been like for you. As a friend, I consider myself incredibly lucky to know you and that our lives collided because of our mutual interest in financial literacy. We broke bread and shared a good bottle of wine after your marvelous talk at Jim Dahle’s first White Coat Investor Conference in Park City, UT. We recently saw each other again at last year’s Bogleheads Conference and chatted with Bill Bernstein and Alan Roth about the merits of Small Cap Value. You are one of my heroes and have had an immeasurable impact on my life. As a fellow creator, I am in awe of the body of your work and the timeless legacy it leaves in our world. I have read all your books and have been a reader of your blog since the beginning. I cherish the signed copies of your books that I have. You generously helped me “come out” as a late starter on the journey to financial independence by publishing my blog, “Saving Our Retirement” on Humble Dollar. You graced us with guesting on my fledgling podcast “Catching Up to FI” where we talked about How to Think About Money. I am so grateful for the time we have shared together. You have shown us how to live and are a wonderful mentor. You have gotten it right with life and have enticed us how to value our most precious resources of time and freedom. In the face of a premature death, you recognize that you are not dead yet and still have so much more to give. I hope to emulate your example. I wish you a peaceful journey. Warmest regards, Bill Yount

  Post: The C Word

  Link to comment from June 15, 2024

• I feel your pain and your joy. We have completely renovated a 100 year old home and built a new one. The cost to our financial independence was considerable. We downsized after geoarbitrage and now live in a paid off comfortable, modest home. I sometimes wish we had started in a low cost of living area in a modest home first and FIRE’d. We also had great memory dividends from our housing journey. Life is a series of trade offs. Unlike Paula Pant, we thought we could afford anything and have everything. In doing so you sacrifice time freedom. It sounds like you have been more prudent than we were in your renovations and are spending money that you have. Just don’t get carried away!;)

  Post: Our Money Pit

  Link to comment from January 20, 2024

• Important year end checklist. Well said! Happy New Year.

  Post: 24 Rules for 2024

  Link to comment from December 30, 2023