Walking the Buddhist path toward a richer life https://www.TheBuddhishInvestor.com Check out The Buddh-ish Investor podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotifyhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mznqq2rwg22fThe Buddha nearly starved himself before accepting a bowl of rice milk, and later a cushion. I've been thinking about that middle way every time I stop feeling guilty over a $5 coffee. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/hand-me-that-meditation-cushionand06 Nov 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mznqq2rwg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mzikav6mfc2vA dying personal finance writer renovated his bathroom anyway. Sounds absurd until you realize he's teaching a masterclass in living fully, right up until the very end. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/jonathan-clements-and-the-parable04 Nov 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzikav6mfc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mzdlvbzddk2nThere is actually something called the "Fear & Greed Index" for the stock market. I check the VIX not to guide my trades, but because it's my favorite reminder that our labels for reality are never the whole story. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/fear-greed-and-signlessness02 Nov 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdlvbzddk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mz3xi2mkts2oA crossing guard near my house cheerfully says "almost the weekend!" and it makes me wince every time. I've spent my whole adult life working for the weekend, here's why I'm trying to stop. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-weekend-is-now30 Oct 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3xi2mkts2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3myx47qtlfc2oA permabear finance guru keeps predicting doom, and I used to scroll past annoyed. Now I steal his instinct for something better: reminding myself everything, even the good stuff, is fleeting. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-bull-market-is-already-over28 Oct 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3myx47qtlfc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3myud7ljgfs2rKMP is a ticker that makes me wince every time I see it. I held that loser way too long out of pure stubbornness, until an old Buddhist parable about a raft finally talked me into letting go. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/ditch-the-losers-in-your-portfolio27 Oct 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3myud7ljgfs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3myrtjdzl7k2rKMP is a ticker that makes me wince every time I see it. I held that loser way too long out of pure stubbornness, until an old Buddhist parable about a raft finally talked me into letting go. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/ditch-the-losers-in-your-portfolio26 Oct 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrtjdzl7k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mykbbvpjgk2yMy dachshund Maggie drags me around the block every walk and I fight her the whole way. Meanwhile the market lurched all month and I didn't flinch. The difference comes down to control. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/dont-fight-a-weiner-dog23 Oct 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykbbvpjgk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mygagrokmc2zA 10th-century Chinese execution method, of all things, got me thinking about investing fees. Small cuts compound, in your portfolio, and in a meditation practice too. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/death-and-inner-peace-by-a-1000-cuts21 Oct 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mygagrokmc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mya7q5siss24A bike chained near my place slowly lost its wheels, seat, handlebars. At what point did it stop being a bike? An accidental Zen koan that taught me something about my own portfolio. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/when-is-a-bike-no-longer-a-bike19 Oct 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya7q5siss24https://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mxyqzy66vs2yA scene in a 1970s revenge movie where a betrayed man, just home from war, says four quiet words instead of exploding. It's become my model for handling a falling stock, or my own anger. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/im-just-gonna-sit-here16 Oct 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxyqzy66vs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mxtmxrfidk2oI quit house-scrolling on real estate apps because it was quietly making me miserable. My obsession with a tidy living room and my portfolio tweaking come from the exact same delusion of control. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-delusion-of-tidying-up-and-active14 Oct 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxtmxrfidk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mxhoynwyjs2bTariffs sent the market into a nosedive, then a 10% single-day rally. Trillions gone and back in hours. A vivid reminder the ground under our feet was never as solid as we thought. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-big-rug-pull09 Oct 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxhoynwyjs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mxc5t46yr22cRewatched the movie Being There on a flight and suddenly saw index investing everywhere in it. One boring ETF looks deceptively simple, until you see how much complexity it's holding. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-being-there-portfolio07 Oct 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxc5t46yr22chttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mwxzpqb4d226Billions of shares trade hands daily and our brains aren't built to process it. A look at "papañca," the market's restless monkey mind, and how meditation actually helps me tune it out. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-markets-monkey-mind03 Oct 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxzpqb4d226https://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mwvhdywqts2fMy friend Kurt just dropped serious money on his dream bass guitar, and watching his joy made me rethink investing entirely. Some things are meant to be a means AND an end, all at once. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/whats-your-1963-fender02 Oct 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvhdywqts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mwqggiry3s2yI held two losing bond ETFs for years out of pure stubbornness, until my financial planner gently called it out. Selling them had a lot to do with a solid-gold Buddha hidden under clay. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/how-i-finally-sold-my-losers-and30 Sep 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqggiry3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mwdtxzm5j22kWar, division, nuclear threats — and the market's been eerily calm for weeks. It got me thinking about faith: investing, like kindness, is a bet we make without knowing the ending. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-sky-falls-the-market-rises25 Sep 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdtxzm5j22khttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mw6spddd3c2sA year into this Substack, I admit I was scared to celebrate the anniversary in case I'd jinx the whole thing. Instead: what a year of writing about money and Buddhism actually changed in me. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/one-year-of-the-buddh-ish-investor23 Sep 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6spddd3c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mw2r75ezgs2iIn 1980 GM was the world's 7th biggest company. Now it barely cracks the S&P 500. Today's trillion-dollar tech giants will fall too — the Buddha's 8-fold path is still the better map. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-magnificent-seven21 Sep 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2r75ezgs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mvneffrm322oNick Cave and a Michigan finance blogger have never met. But both lost someone impossibly young, and both found the same strange comfort: grief is the thing that actually connects us. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/what-do-a-rock-star-and-a-financial16 Sep 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvneffrm322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mvibviw3ck2uWhen Buffett stepped down, the whole investing world gasped. His real final lesson wasn't a stock tip — it was a masterclass in facing your own mortality without flinching. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/warren-buffetts-final-lesson14 Sep 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvibviw3ck2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mvankcdqnk2oI used to think I could only stomach a 10% portfolio drop. Then I lived through the 2020 crash without selling. Some things, investing, Buddhism, you can't understand until you've lived them. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/walking-the-walk-in-markets-and-in11 Sep 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvankcdqnk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mv3mjwjqmk2nMy debut podcast episode: the losing bond ETFs I couldn't bring myself to sell for years, and the golden Buddha statue that finally helped me understand why. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/episode-1-finding-your-financial09 Sep 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3mjwjqmk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3muwmq52do22rMy index fund owns companies tied to war and worse. I looked into ESG investing as an out and found it wasn't the clean answer I hoped for. Here's the imperfect peace I've made with it. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-messy-ethics-of-investing07 Sep 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwmq52do22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3muozxfy2h22fSitting by a pond trying to do absolutely nothing, and my brain won't quit. Turns out building a portfolio that lets you do nothing takes the same deliberate design as building a still mind. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/the-work-of-doing-nothing04 Sep 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3muozxfy2h22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mueybwahrk2qCash or a million in Bitcoin — which would you take for your house? Most people flinch at the crypto. I think it's less about volatility and more about how tightly we cling to our labels. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/why-bitcoin-makes-us-uncomfortable31 Aug 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueybwahrk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mu5gqiklyc2yThe NASDAQ dropped $1.5 trillion in a day last month and I barely blinked. My son had an accident at daycare and I spiraled completely. A monk's math finally explained the gap to me. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/why-wall-streets-tantrums-dont-faze28 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5gqiklyc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mtyfq64cfc25I hear my son crying in the shower sometimes, except he's not there and it's just the water. Our pattern-hungry brains do this in markets too, and it's worth noticing when they do. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/hearing-things-in-the-shower26 Aug 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyfq64cfc25https://bsky.app/profile/buddhishinvestor.bsky.social/post/3mtteu4rzs22pMy brokerage app greets me with a chart comparing my returns to two indices I was never trying to beat. Made five rules to stop the FOMO spiral, sharing them here in case yours does too. https://www.thebuddhishinvestor.com/p/why-i-feel-bad-every-time-i-check24 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:v22kmulzrzpkmf4gapdpid64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtteu4rzs22p