Anti-viral writings for financial resilience, location independence and meaningful relationships.
When I was in the army, every Saturday afternoon we had 1 or 2 hours in the schedule marked as “time at the soldier’s disposition” (in Romanian “timp la dispozi?ia militarului”). It was the only slot in the week when there was a hint of freedom, as all the other hours were not belonging to … Read more
10 years ago, an open-source project that nobody would have given any serious chances to, stormed the world. Bitcoin, a combination of cryptography, economics and peer-to-peer communication, became in just a decade a serious contender for gold, as a store of value. Whether or not you “believe” in it is not a question anymore, the … Read more
Before moving to Spain I never knew what a tostada is. I’ve been born and raised in the mental space of sandwiches, so every time I was seeing a tostada in a coffee shop, I was like: “that’s a nice sandwich”. It took me a few months to understand the difference. Because, believe me, there … Read more
It’s still dark when I wake up here. Winter still keeps the sun down until 8 AM, but I’m usually up an hour before. As I finish my morning routine, I’m dressing up to get out for my daily cup of coffee. Schools and kindergartens are still open, although pretty much every other social venue … Read more
This pandemic changed our world in ways we would have never imagined before. One of the things that changed dramatically is how we work. Before the pandemic, working remote was some sort of weird thing to do (when it wasn’t “sold” as being a perk, that is) whereas now, it’s pretty much the norm. But … Read more
The term “unintended consequences” defines outcomes that aren’t visible, or predictable at the moment of an action. They are grouped into three main types: unexpected benefit – like a touch of luck, or serendipity unexpected drawback – when the benefit is tainted by some inconvenient inherent to the solution perverse result – when the result … Read more
Last year I did a Camino de Santiago, precisely, the one called Camino de Sanabres. If you follow my blog, you already know about it, as I wrote extensively about the experience. But if you don’t, suffice to say that Camino de Santiago is a generic name for a network of roads used by pilgrims … Read more
During the last few days I experienced an unusual spike in activity in an area of my life’s which is relatively quiet (and it is like this on purpose, I try to keep it that way). It’s about social media, more exactly Facebook, where one of my posts ignited a whirlwind of comments, almost 100, … Read more
