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Guest post: How I became financially independent by writing and selling websites

Published in November 3rd, 2024
Posted by in Work
9 Comments

This is the story of P_ who is pursuing passive income [assets] through websites/blogging. Blogging is often suggested [by bloggers] to be a good way to passive income. In terms of making money, blogging is easy and it’s hard. There’s no barrier of entry, which makes it easy, but on the other hand, there’s no […]

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Five flag theory

Published in October 27th, 2024
Posted by in Early Retirement, Transportation, Work
47 Comments

I like change. I like moving to a new place every once in a while just to change things up and learn new things. I don’t like fast change which “travel” is usually associated with. Travel is for the experiences, but I like learning things more than experiencing things and learning takes time. One problem […]

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The cake is a lie

Published in October 27th, 2024
Posted by in culture, Philosophy, Work
24 Comments

After reading a great post on the soul crushing aspects of 9-5 McJobs over at Monevator, I started writing a response… and as it often happens, the response got overly long and I figured I’d turn it into a blog post instead. Speaking of cakes(*), I think that’s actually part of the problem/resentment with employment/careers. […]

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