I didn’t become a “steady investor” because I’m naturally disciplined. I became one because I got tired of getting punched in the face by volatility. There’s a moment every investor eventually experiences—usually after their third “this time it’s different” stock pick implodes—where the thrill of chasing growth starts to feel less like ambition and more like unpaid emotional labor. That was me. Sitting there, refreshing my portfolio like it was going to apologize and reverse itself out of sheer guilt. It didn’t. So I did what every slightly traumatized investor does: I started looking for something boring. And that’s how I found defensive dividends. Boring Is Underrated (And Profitable) There’s a certain stigma around “defensive” investing. It sounds like something you do when you’ve given up. Like you’re retreating. Like you’ve traded ambition for safety and now spend your weekends comparing utility companies like they’re fantasy football stats. But here’s the thing nobody t...