Aug 17, 2026
Issue 4 of the Watch Portfolio series. The watch that replaced the Apple Watch, and what it says about how we think about quality over convenience.
Aug 5, 2026
Net Worth Report: August 2026. The monthly breakdown of where we stand, what moved, and where the trajectory points.
Jul 30, 2026
1 in 5 American adults has no close friends. The share of men with zero close friends has quintupled since 1990. The silence after I deleted Facebook in 2011 told me everything I needed to know.
Jul 24, 2026
Part 10 of a 14-part series on the Rolex Explorer II 226570. The fixed bezel that everyone calls a limitation and nobody understands.
Jul 23, 2026
The average American checks their phone 205 times a day. 91% of kids report boredom "often" despite constant stimulation. The phones are not solving the problem. They are making it worse.
Jul 17, 2026
The GMT-Master II gets the attention. The Explorer II quietly does the same job better for almost everyone.
Jul 16, 2026
We don't pay our kids for doing chores. But Scott earns 25% of every Spark Delivery shift we run together and he works for every dollar of it.
Jul 15, 2026
Issue 3 of the Watch Portfolio series. The watch that started it all, plus three new financial moves worth knowing about.
Jul 10, 2026
Part 9 of a 14-part series on the Rolex Explorer II 226570. The signature orange hand that ties the modern reference back to the 1655 Freccione.
Jul 9, 2026
A novel at 71,000 words, a newsletter that is not yet paying for itself, and a Prius running DoorDash routes in Wasilla to fund a dream car. The honest mid-year version of Own The Watch.