The Vault

The Vault

A curated index of what I return to.

Everything here has been read, used, or tested personally. The list grows slowly.

§ Investing & Finance

  • Trade Republic
    "Where I started and where most of my positions still run. Commission-free, clean, no noise."
    → traderepublic.com
  • Compounding Calculator
    "The most useful tool in long-term thinking. Run your numbers. Then wait."
    → Open Calculator
  • The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel
    "The best case for why behavior matters more than knowledge in investing."
    → amazon.de
  • The Little Book of Common Sense Investing — John Bogle
    "The argument for index investing, made once and made well."
    → amazon.de

§ Music & Focus

  • Marbella Nights Playlist
    "Deep house for late evenings, focused hours, and slow decisions."
    → Follow on Spotify
  • My Current Focus Stack
    • — Marbella Nights on Spotify
    • — Notion open, one active document
    • — Phone in another room
    • — No meetings before noon when possible
    • — Natural light, no overhead lighting

§ Thinking Tools

  • Notion
    "My second brain for reading notes and long-form thinking."
    → notion.so
  • Readwise
    "Makes sure reading is not just forgetting slowly."
    → readwise.io
  • Morning Routine Framework
    • 1. No phone for the first 30 minutes
    • 2. One page of Meditations or similar
    • 3. Write one honest sentence about the day ahead
    • 4. Coffee. Work.

§ Faith & Philosophy

Reading List: Stoicism + Christianity
  • — Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
  • — Letters from a Stoic, Seneca
  • — Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
  • — The Case for Christianity, C.S. Lewis
  • — Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
  • — The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky

"These books do not agree with each other on everything. That is what makes them worth reading together."

The Vault grows slowly. New additions go to Letter members first.

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