Anti-viral writings for financial resilience, location independence and meaningful relationships.
Today is the 31st day of my 365 days writing challenge. Since the beginning of the year I published a blog post each day, which means, so far, that the challenge is going as planned. I thought it would be useful to have some sort of a checkpoint every month (or less frequent, if there … Read more
As time goes by, we are forced to accept the reality of a new normal. The global pandemic created by Covid-19 took with it not only millions of lives, but also deeply ingrained social structures. Among them, the modern state. As much as we still resist the obvious now, we will eventually come to terms … Read more
We’re human, so we’re flawed. By design, we go through existence by clinging to various perceptions. That’s how we make sense of the world, stacking clinging on top of clinging, forming identities and then navigating events based on those identities and values. Some of these attachments are “good”, some are “bad”, or toxic. What makes … Read more
GameStop is a retailer which was facing a lot of hurdles because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was planning to close 450 stores this year. Why would this matter to you? Well, even if you’re not in their target market, and even if you’re not interested in stocks, you should pay attention to this little … Read more
I happen to look, physically, better than my age. In fact, every time I tell people my real age, which is 50 at the moment of writing, I am met with disbelief, like I’m trying to play games or making bad jokes. Usually, it takes some time to convince them that this is actually my … Read more
Our paths are a never ending maze: sometimes they cross violently, for short amounts of time, while other times they go together, harmoniously, in the same direction, for years. We get to know and walk along with persons that are just sparks in our lives, lightning our path for just the blink of an eye, … Read more
A year ago, having the police storming your place for spending time with your extended family, would have been unconceivable. Only extreme, totalitarian regimes would have resorted to something like this, and probably only in very targeted cases. Now, this is the norm. Like, literally, if you spend time with more than 6 people from … Read more
About 5-6 years ago, I made this reframing. Instead of thinking of people as being in a certain way, globally, I started to consider them all as being fundamentally OK, and apply a value only to their actions. For instance, instead of thinking: “this guy is an idiot”, I started to think like: “this guy … Read more