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A retirement career as a caretaker (in exotic locations)

Published in February 12th, 2024
Posted by in Early Retirement, housing, Work
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I stumbled over this over at cooltools. It sounds like an interesting concept: Be a caretaker and live for free, monetarily speaking, in exotic locations, moving to a new place occasionally. It would fit in very well for (early) retires, particularly those, who could default to an RV or an understanding family, or workers who […]

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The two things I liked the least about my last job(s)

Published in January 28th, 2024
Posted by in Philosophy, Work
18 Comments

With a title like this, this entry just begs for the list format. On the other hand, I have heard it’s not editorial kosher to make a list of only two items, so I’ll slavishly refrain. I have found that I am enormously allergic(*) to punch card time clocks or their modern equivalent, time management/accounting […]

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Making money blogging about lifestyle design

Published in January 28th, 2024
Posted by in Blogging, Strategy, Work
53 Comments

This is a long response to the comments on a previous lifestyle design blog post for the few who aren’t yet passed out from drinking. An economy based on selling ebooks to each other or advertising each others blogs is really no different from a service economy based on cutting each others hair. Both are […]

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