An artist’s guide to financial planning
Money is weird. Our brains really aren’t built for dealing with it, because our minds actually haven’t adapted that much from our days running away from tigers and hunting for berries to gorge on. We’re good at thinking about lunch, or about our chances of catching the bus if we leave right now. We think linearly—one thing after the other. Money isn’t linear, though. Money grows and shrinks exponentially.
Written by Lewis Weil with illustrations by Qiong Li
Lewis Weil is the founder of Money Positive, a sliding-scale financial planning company that’s also the first (and only) one of its kind to be certified as a B Corp in the state of Texas. Weil was previously a professional molecular biologist studying neurons, seaweed, and DNA. While working as a biologist, he realized he was surrounded by brilliant people who were bad at money. This realization led him to taking financial planning courses at the University of Texas at Austin, then to becoming a registered investment advisor (RIA), and then to starting Money Positive with the goal of helping people to build longterm financial security. Weil lives in Austin, TX, where he spends his free time doing natural habitat restoration and hanging out with his partner Rae and his pit bull Bubblegum.