My name is Alex, I live in Austin Texas.

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Ascentic

This is where I've spend most of my time lately. If you want to live a big life of curiosity, adventure, exploration, art, and relationships and you want to do on the back of a bullet proof financial foundation - that's what we help each other do here.

Life and Lens

This is where I share my camera art.

Broke is a Choice

You're already here. After spending ~30 years of my life broke and stressed about money I decided to commit to fixing my financial situation forever and I've tried to share share that entire journey here.

Quilt with Miss Kate

My wife, Miss Kate, runs an online quilt shop and occasionally I make vlogs to tell her story.

Infinite Curiosity

There aren't many things more valuable than reading, yet almost no one does it, and even fewer read difficult books about philosophy and morality. We do

Who is Alex?

If you want to deep dive my life to know all my motivations and insecurities and exactly what makes me tick at the deepest level so when you meet me in person you have all this incredibly nuanced knowledge of who I am and what I'm about but you're still a complete stranger to me and the whole interaction will be incredibly awkward then click here. I think it's hilarious.