“We shouldn’t teach kids about money”
My rebuttal: Why Ramit Sethi is wrong about financial education.
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Communal dreams: your ideal community is closer than you think
Don’t look too far in the distance – or future – for community.
Is it hard being you?
A confronting question that reveals relationship to self.
5 things on my mind (Cinco de Mayo update)
Inspirations from Netflix’s BEEF, failures in waking up early, and an emerging money problem I’m obsessed about.
The Student and the Guru
When I was a young whippersnapper* learning how to date, I read a lot of books and blogs by dating coaches. (Interestingly, one of them turned out to be Mark Manson, the author of the huge bestseller Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.) In my long scrolls through Reddit and online forums, I stumbled …
Freedom To vs Freedom From: what most people get wrong pursuing early retirement
Why making space for your desires is surprisingly difficult – and vital – in the pursuit of financial independence.
Conditioning is EVERYTHING
This explains why you’re always late and why I always eat nuts.
Is Japan expensive? My 2023 travel spending
Why I think Japan is relatively cheap, coming from Los Angeles.
You don’t need 10,000 hours to be a great investor. Try 10 hours.
Why the 10,000 hour is most false for investing, and where the time should be spent instead.
You should “re-tire” today, not in 30 years.
Today, I’m going to share with you how I hacked my perception about retirement. It’s the same mental upgrade that’s allowed me to not give up on any long term effort. Retirement is typically thought of as something that happens in the distant future, associated with old age. The government is the largest influence that …