A Healthy Obsession with Money
A Healthy Obsession with Money
By Retire Before Dad
I’m obsessed with money.
I think about earning, saving, and growing money most of the day. I’ve written about money for more than seven years. Saying someone is obsessed with money might conjure to mind words like greed, fame, power, influence, and opulence. Picture a celebrity flashing fancy clothes and jewelry on Instagram and their millions of envious followers. Or a hedge fund manager posing in front of a Hamptons mansion for a Fortune Magazine feature. How much is enough?
Money and politics? Barf. But money is a powerful tool for good. Sites like GoFundMe help us support families in our communities when they suffer a trauma. International charities such as Doctors Without Borders and World Central Kitchen can’t operate without generous financial donations.
The pursuit of money for abuse of power or to oppress others is a stain on humanity. But a healthy obsession with money, for individuals, leads to smarter money decisions. Years of making smart money decisions will eventually lead to personal wealth. Wealth provides financial security, the ability to purchase useful things and meaningful experiences, and the opportunity to give to others — all of which make our lives better. But the reason I’m obsessed with money is that it gives me options.
Options When Unemployed
In late summer 2017, I learned that the project paying for my employment would endure deep funding cuts. Management had to reduce staff. I was particularly vulnerable as a subcontractor. Though my experience and tenure might have been enough to carry me through the cuts, I asked the project managers to let me go. They dropped me, forcing my employer to lay me off (I wasn’t happy with my employer, but that’s a different story).
It all happened within a few days. I didn’t have a new job to fall back on. I wanted to leverage my expertise to build on my career, finding a better employer with excellent benefits and growth opportunities. That kind of job wasn’t immediately available. I had to wait for it. We had about $19,000 in emergency savings and $1,000+ of monthly income from investments and a rental property.
Instead of heading to the unemployment office, I focused on my side business to earn supplemental income. Sufficient emergency savings, investment income, and side income gave me the option to be patient during a potentially precarious situation.
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MilitiaMan & Crew: Urgent Update: What You Need To Know This Week!
8-15-2026
The Crew: Samson, PompeyPeter, Petra, Daytrader, Sunkissed, GIGI and Militia Man
No drama. No intrigue. No songs and dances. Just straight, factual news that I read and interpret to the best of my ability after being an avid Dinar investor and insanely obsessed Dinarian for over 15 years.
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Will Banks Accept Your Dinar After The Revaluation ?
The Dinar Den: 8-14-2026
The world of international currency investment is often filled with both excitement and uncertainty, and perhaps no topic illustrates this better than the Iraqi dinar. In a recent detailed breakdown from The Dinar Den, host Stephen—a seasoned investor who has navigated this landscape since 2011—shares a grounded perspective on what it truly means to hold this currency.
By shifting the focus away from internet rumors and toward practical banking realities, Stephen provides a roadmap for those who are holding dinar in anticipation of a potential revaluation.
Rob Cunningham: Liquidity will Flood the Ledgers
8-15-2026
WATER ONCE FLOODED THE LAND.
LIQUIDITY WILL FLOOD THE LEDGERS.
One transformed the physical landscape.
The other will transform the economic landscape.
Good Afternoon Dinar Recaps,
The Financial Architecture Is Splitting in Two: BRICS Builds Payment Links as Russia and China Deepen Local-Currency Trade
August 15, 2026
The global financial system is not being replaced overnight. But beneath the headlines, Russia, China and the broader BRICS group are building the infrastructure that could make a more multipolar financial system possible—while the existing dollar-centered system continues to face rising debt and financing pressures.
Bruce’s Big Call Dinar Intel Thursday Night 8-13-26
Transcribed By WiserNow Emailed To Recaps (INTEL ONLY)
Note From Wisernow: Sorry for delayed posting due to technical difficulties
Welcome everybody to the big call tonight. It is Thursday, August 13, and you're listening to the big call. Thanks everybody for tuning in from wherever you're located, notice I didn't say wherever you're at. Another pet peeve, sorry, but wherever you're located. Thank you for listening. Thank you for tuning in, and we're going to have a fun call tonight.
All right, so let's talk about Intel. I've got two or three things I want to bring to everybody, and number one is something that was brought to my attention, and that is about what is required for you to go in to the Redemption Center. What do you need to bring? There's been some chatter out there. There's been some PDFs out there. There's some stuff that's a little overblown.
Reset Intelligence: Iraq Published its own Reserve Burn
8-14-2026
The Controlled Bleed
By Reset Intelligence | @EXIT_FIAT
On Tuesday, Iraq’s Finance Committee said there are 109 trillion dinars behind the country’s salaries. On Thursday, an economist read the central bank’s books in public and added the cost: roughly $7.9 billion left the reserves in July alone.
Most governments would deny that number. Baghdad answered it with paperwork.
TNT:
Tishwash: World Gold Council: Iraq holds 174.6 tons of gold, ranking 28th globally and third in the Arab world.
Data from the World Gold Council for August 2026 showed that Iraq’s gold reserves amounted to 174.6 tons, ranking it 28th globally, while gold constituted about 23.1% of Iraq’s total reserves.
According to the data, Iraq came in third place in the Arab world in terms of gold holdings, after Saudi Arabia and the UAE, while the United States topped the global ranking with reserves of 8,133.5 tons.
KTFA
Friday Night Video
FRANK26…8-14-26….2026…2027…NOW
This video is in Frank’s and his team’s opinion only
Frank’s team is Walkingstick, Eddie and Omar in Iraq and guests
Playback Number: 605-313-5163 PIN: 156996#
Good Morning Dinar Recaps,
The Global Financial Architecture Is Shifting: Debt Costs Rise as BRICS Builds New Payment Rails
August 15, 2026 — Beneath the daily market headlines, two structural developments are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: the cost of financing major economies is rising, while BRICS members are working to build payment infrastructure that could give trade more alternatives to traditional dollar-centered channels.
Iraq Moves To Results-Based Budgeting In 2027
2026-08-14 / 05:03 Shafaq News- Baghdad For two years, Iraq has run without a national budget. Salaries and essential spending have been covered month to month under a stopgap rule that releases one-twelfth of the previous budget at a time, while political deadlock, regional conflict, and swings in oil prices kept a full budget out of reach.
Parliament passed a three-year law covering 2023 to 2025 but never approved the final year's spending, and no budget was passed for 2026 at all.
MilitiaMan and Crew: Are You Ready? Latest Iraqi Dinar Economic Developments
8-14-2026
The Crew: Samson, PompeyPeter, Petra, Daytrader, Sunkissed, GIGI and Militia Man
No drama. No intrigue. No songs and dances. Just straight, factual news that I read and interpret to the best of my ability after being an avid Dinar investor and insanely obsessed Dinarian for over 15 years.
Follow MM on X == https://x.com/Slashn
Japan Could Spark a Global Debt Crisis & Contagion, 2032 Monetary Reset Ahead | Martin Armstrong
8-14-2026
Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, speaks with Martin Armstrong, Founder of Armstrong Economics and creator of the Economic Confidence Model, about the growing risks in sovereign debt, global capital flows, geopolitical conflict, and what his models signal for the years ahead.
Armstrong explains why trouble in Japan’s debt and currency markets could trigger contagion across the global financial system, why he believes central banks are increasingly constrained in their ability to control inflation, and why governments and institutions are diversifying away from sovereign debt and toward assets such as gold and equities.
Ariel: The Iraqi Dinar Revaluation is a Shifting Tectonic Plate
8-14-2026
IQD Update: This Is A Nuclear Event For Iraqi Dinar Revaluation
The rollout of the digital Iraqi Dinar across the entire country is not a banking upgrade. It’s a tectonic plate shifting. Please understand this one thing people. You cannot revalue a currency when your border revenues are fictional. ASYCUDA makes them real. That’s the mechanism.
Good Afternoon Dinar Recaps,
U.S.–Iran War Enters Economic Phase: Blockade Tightens as Washington Puts Oil Prices at the Center of the Endgame
The U.S. is combining maritime enforcement, unprecedented economic pressure and a renewed focus on energy prices as the conflict with Iran enters a critical phase—with the Strait of Hormuz emerging as the central economic and strategic battleground.
KTFA
Saturday Night Video
FRANK26….8-15-26….WHAT HAPPENED ON AUGUST 15th?!!!!!
This video is in Frank’s and his team’s opinion only
Frank’s team is Walkingstick, Eddie and Omar in Iraq and guests
Playback Number: 605-313-5163 PIN: 156996#