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Friday Unwind 010
Worries about tech, football and risk
Feb 6
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Jacob Schroeder
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How Happy Do You Need to Be to Be Happy with Money?
The key ingredients of well-being, with a dash of '90s nostalgia
Feb 3
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Jacob Schroeder
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January 2026
Friday Unwind 009
The hard, rewarding work of writing
Jan 23
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Jacob Schroeder
1
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An Antidote to "Personal Stagflation"
Stagnant lives, inflated guilt and the case for spending on what matters
Jan 20
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Jacob Schroeder
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8
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Friday Unwind 008
Unhappy teens in bigger unhappy homes
Jan 9
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Jacob Schroeder
3
Why Some Lives Feel Rich and Others Only Look It
How to stop chasing the symbols of wealth and start living the substance
Jan 6
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Jacob Schroeder
6
2
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December 2025
25 Lessons on Money and Meaning
Notes from everything I've learned so far about the deeper forces behind our financial lives
Dec 23, 2025
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Jacob Schroeder
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6
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Friday Unwind 007
James Bond reading verbs on Everest
Dec 19, 2025
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Jacob Schroeder
2
2
Cleaves of Capitalism
The business of coming between you and your money
Dec 17, 2025
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Jacob Schroeder
3
2
1
Friday Unwind 006
Don't Read This Link List
Dec 12, 2025
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Jacob Schroeder
1
Why We Save Anything at All
Pickles, purpose and a special person gone too soon
Dec 9, 2025
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Jacob Schroeder
3
1
Friday Unwind 005
We can stop saying 'we' as we grow old
Dec 5, 2025
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Jacob Schroeder
1
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