Uncategorized Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/category/uncategorized/ Funding the Adventurous Life Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:56:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Uncategorized Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/category/uncategorized/ 32 32 150809980 Time Marches On https://clippingchains.com/2025/07/17/time-marches-on/ https://clippingchains.com/2025/07/17/time-marches-on/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=10376 After seven years, and with a heavy heart, I’m here to say that life’s path is leading elsewhere. And I feel it’s best to follow that intuition. I can’t say for sure, but this will probably be my last post. Listen to the Podcast I’ll begin with a secret: I never cared much about the …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/02/12/base-rate-fallacy/feed/ 0 9903 A Unique Form of Real Estate Investment in a Tough Housing Economy (with Michael Farnsworth) https://clippingchains.com/2024/01/29/michael-farnsworth-podcast/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/01/29/michael-farnsworth-podcast/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9873 If you follow economic news at all, you’ve taken note of the changing conditions of the American housing economy in the last few years. First, high demand, low supply, and cheap debt fueled an extraordinary (and unhealthy) price surge. In response, the Federal Reserve ratcheted up interest rates to cool an overheated economy in the …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/01/29/michael-farnsworth-podcast/feed/ 0 9873 Selling Our House: On the Road, Pandemic Edition https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/06/selling-our-house-on-the-road-pandemic-edition/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/06/selling-our-house-on-the-road-pandemic-edition/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:56:27 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5229 It’s July. Once again, coronavirus infections are surging across the country. Mrs. CC and I, in a moment of hopeful optimism a few weeks ago, decided to list our house for sale. Where are we going? We don’t know, we’ll be homeless. Will we have income? Not sure. Considering we’re hitting the road in one …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/06/selling-our-house-on-the-road-pandemic-edition/feed/ 4 5229 Weekend Briefs, Volume 2 https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/16/weekend-briefs-vol-2/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/16/weekend-briefs-vol-2/#comments Sat, 16 May 2020 12:58:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4751 Hi everyone. Welcome to the second installment of me sharing stuff on the internet that I've either enjoyed, questioned, or am too lazy to write myself (yet).

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/16/weekend-briefs-vol-2/feed/ 2 4751 Clipping Chains Clickable Content, Volume 1 https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/02/clipping-chains-clickable-content-vol-1/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/02/clipping-chains-clickable-content-vol-1/#respond Sat, 02 May 2020 12:55:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4653 Hi everyone. Welcome to the first installment of me sharing stuff on the internet that I've either enjoyed, questioned, or am too lazy to write myself (yet).

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/02/clipping-chains-clickable-content-vol-1/feed/ 0 4653 Pardon the Interruption: Please Read https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/24/pardon-the-interruption-please-read/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/24/pardon-the-interruption-please-read/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2020 22:00:18 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4570 Happy Friday! I’m writing quickly to let you know that new post notifications will be handled through a new subscription service starting soon. What does this mean? For most of you, absolutely nothing. Have you already subscribed to this website with your email? You don’t need to do anything. You’re good to go! If you …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/24/pardon-the-interruption-please-read/feed/ 0 4570 From Love: Why I Care About Your Money https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/02/from-love-why-i-care-about-your-money/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/02/from-love-why-i-care-about-your-money/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3364 After over 89,000 words written here to date, I wonder if I’ve consistently taken the correct tone. It’s very easy to point the finger in judgment, to be the cynic, but there is far more difficulty in being a source of encouragement or inspiration. So, let’s take a step back today. I want to explain …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/12/02/from-love-why-i-care-about-your-money/feed/ 0 3364 Full Pursuit of Climbing Isn’t Full Freedom After All https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/25/full-pursuit-of-climbing-isnt-full-freedom-after-all/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/25/full-pursuit-of-climbing-isnt-full-freedom-after-all/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3142 This week’s post was written as a guest post for the UK-based Chalkbloc.com. I’ll admit, there’s a bit of controversy here. I love climbing as much as the next guy, but I believe that full pursuit of the sport can leave us a bit unbalanced. Steve Bechtel, in his interview here last week, rightfully points …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/25/full-pursuit-of-climbing-isnt-full-freedom-after-all/feed/ 0 3142 Steve Bechtel: The Importance of Time https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/18/steve-bechtel-the-importance-of-time/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/11/18/steve-bechtel-the-importance-of-time/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3282 Steve Bechtel is a Lander, Wyoming-based climber, trainer, author, and business owner. Steve is also a pillar of the Lander outdoors community, a long-time owner of Elemental Performance + Fitness and Climb Strong, a training program specifically tailored to climbers. After following Steve’s work for a number of years, I suspected he might bring his thoughtful …

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