Archive - The Root of All

Friday Unwind 010

Worries about tech, football and risk

Feb 6 • Jacob Schroeder

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 • Jacob Schroeder

January 2026

Friday Unwind 009

The hard, rewarding work of writing

Jan 23 • Jacob Schroeder

An Antidote to "Personal Stagflation"

Stagnant lives, inflated guilt and the case for spending on what matters

Jan 20 • Jacob Schroeder

Friday Unwind 008

Unhappy teens in bigger unhappy homes

Jan 9 • Jacob Schroeder

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 • Jacob Schroeder

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 • Jacob Schroeder

Friday Unwind 007

James Bond reading verbs on Everest

Dec 19, 2025 • Jacob Schroeder

Cleaves of Capitalism

The business of coming between you and your money

Dec 17, 2025 • Jacob Schroeder

Friday Unwind 006

Don't Read This Link List

Dec 12, 2025 • Jacob Schroeder

Why We Save Anything at All

Pickles, purpose and a special person gone too soon

Dec 9, 2025 • Jacob Schroeder

Friday Unwind 005

We can stop saying 'we' as we grow old

Dec 5, 2025 • Jacob Schroeder

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