Suffering isn’t a bad thing. It’s vital to our existence. — The concepts of Balance and Cycles are universal truths in this world. All things move in this manner, and the key to a healthy life is one of balance. Moderation and balance in everything you do. Living on the extremities at any scale is destructive. Being poor is a rough…

A warning to those about to pull the FIRE trigger. These will save you from headaches and mental/financial loss. — I’ve written a lot of articles about reaching my financial independence / retire early (FIRE) goal at age 31, as well as some of the downsides, lessons learned, and how I got here. So now we’re here 18 months later, and boy there’s a bunch of stuff I wished I…

A confession of love and loathing. — The Cradle I am enslaved to Gotham, but there is no Batman savior hiding in the mucus-lined shadows of this decrepit city. New York City. These days, she’s an old harlot that’s too busy exposing the pink…no…the bruised black and brown softness between her prickly legs. Our people have persevered as history’s…

Intelligence is a curse, must we continue appeasing the lowest common denominator? Reflections from educational, social, political, and philosophical lenses. — Anti-intellectualism noun hostility to and mistrust of intellect, intellectuals, and intellectualism, commonly expressed as deprecation of education and philosophy and the dismissal of art, literature, and science. Intellect is not a gift, it is a curse in the 21st century.

Step 4: Overwhelm people with disparate choices, high prices, and recycled content. — I’m tired of the bajillion different subscription services out there, aren’t you? And especially in media & entertainment — the streaming wars are just the latest example to roll forth in a highly predictable cycle that we’ve witnessed for decades. Netflix is the latest victim of this cycle, with its…

But I’d never trade them in after reaching financial freedom. — It’s been 1.5 years since I declared early retirement and I still haven’t been able to break past the “this is normal” wall. Although it’s probably because I worked for 3 startups simultaneously this past year solely for fun and equity shares. I achieved FIRE at 31 — 5 factors to consider or you might get burned What the FIRE movement doesn’t commonly tell youmedium.com

An analysis across 100 years comparing 6 living generational cohorts between East versus West. — Brooding by the windowsill earlier this week, I had a sudden thought that I wanted to explore more deeply — the thesis of comparing how interesting trends, usually in direct opposition to each other, shaped generational societies raised in the U.S. and China. I chose these countries not just because…

Here’s what I applied to get comfortable with the FI/RE lifestyle. — Over the past 2 years, I’ve gotten hoards of questions from friends and acquaintances asking how I achieved my financial independence / retire early (FIRE) figure, as well as how I’m maintaining my lifestyle in urban NYC. I first heard about FIRE back in 2017, way before I was even…

Move over MBTI & DISC, these 5 are actually useful to guide people in life. — Raise your hand if you’ve ever taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test, AKA the 16-Personalities test. I’m guessing 99% of you have done so and know your 4 defining letters (I’m an INTJ). …