Another view of retirement
Which I agree with Michael Hyatt, who has a great blog, wrote about retirement recently. Here’s his main point: “In fact, the more I think about the purpose and meaning of work, the more I’m convinced that nothing destroys our sense of purpose and health more than the modern notion of retirement. It’s detrimental to […]
Summer heat
I don’t like it This summer has been fairly mild in Sendai, but last week was a lot hotter. I don’t like air conditioning and prefer to use a combination of other strategies to stay cool outside of work. At home I wear as little as possible, sleep on bamboo sheets (one of the greatest inventions ever), […]
Incentives
Always keep them in mind I received an email from my favourite Japan-based investment ‘advisers’ last week about an exciting new opportunity. They seem to have noticed the peer-to-peer lending sector and have some new funds based on P2P to recommend to investors. Now, I am a fan of the concept of P2P and have […]
Systems
Make the world go round I made a clever mistake yesterday, which gave me the chance to do some very important thinking about my investing plan. Today’s post is probably intermediate level. If you have not started investing yet you may find it more helpful to read some of the earlier posts and work on […]
Information on Investing in Japan
Where is it? I was really happy to find a couple of resources this week that I hadn’t been aware of (thanks, Justin!). It seems that both the Bogleheads forums and Money Mustache community have Japan-based members. Our own forum is looking a little bit more lively too. I would love to find out about […]
Contributing to this site
Guest posts, case studies, and reader questions We had a fantastic series of posts last week from northSaver, talking about his journey towards financial independence and early semi-retirement. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? Part 2: Laying the FoundationPart 3: The Principles of Early RetirementPart 4: How to Save for Early RetirementPart 5: How to Invest […]
Guest Post: northSaver’s Story part 5
This is a guest post (5 of 5) from a member of the retirejapan community. You can find northSaver on the forum. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? Part 2: Laying the FoundationPart 3: The Principles of Early RetirementPart 4: How to Save for Early Retirement How to Invest for Early Retirement In the fourth article […]
Guest Post: northSaver’s Story part 4
This is a guest post (4 of 5) from a member of the retirejapan community. You can find northSaver on the forum. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? Part 2: Laying the FoundationPart 3: The Principles of Early Retirement How to Save for Early Retirement In the third article I wrote about the principles of early […]
Guest Post: northSaver’s Story part 3
This is a guest post (3 of 5) from a member of the retirejapan community. You can find northSaver on the forum. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? Part 2: Laying the Foundation The Principles of Early Retirement In the second article I wrote about what we did to prepare for normal retirement, and in this […]
Guest Post: northSaver’s Story part 2
This is a guest post (2 of 5) from a member of the retirejapan community. You can find northSaver on the forum. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? is here. Laying the Foundation In the first article I defined what early retirement means to me, which turns out to be early semi-retirement. In this article […]