2017 Roundup: May to August

Last year we ran Roundup posts: for Jan-Apr 2016, May-Aug 2016, and Sep-Dec 2016. The idea is just to highlight the better or more perennial posts that new readers may have missed and old-timers may want to re-read.

Last week we ran the first Roundup post for 2017: January to April.

Today we’ll take a look at the middle of the year. There was a lot going on!

In no particular order, we wrote about:

Personal financial concepts

• Planning
• Planning 2
• Personal Rules (do you have any?)
• Money Mindsets
• Personal Finance Ability Scores (anyone else into D&D?)
• Pareto in Personal Finance
• Countdowns
• Slack
• Relativity in Personal Finance

​We did a whole bunch of posts about real estate and upgrades/renovation

• Building a House in Japan I (and II, III, IV)
• Investing in Solar Panels
• Investing in Less Energy II and III (from the excellent Mark Brierley)
• The Nine Scariest Things about Owning a House in Japan
• Home Improvements: Low Flow Shower Heads

A couple of posts about flying/air miles/travel hacking:

• Flying More Comfortably
• Travel Hacking for Emergencies

A series on health issues:

• Investing in Health: Diet (and Exercise, Sleep, and Stress)

A few posts about pensions, taxes, etc.

• ​​Japan Pension Update 2017
• Overpaying Kokumin Nenkin
• Tax Residence and Inheritance Tax
• UK State Pensions 3: The Saga Continues

An interview with Wilhelmina Penn (who wrote a great book on getting old in Japan) and a Reader Profile from MJC.

A few posts about THEO:

• Free Bank Withdrawals from THEO
• Changes at THEO
• THEO Upgrades

And a whole bunch of reviews:

• Booking.com
• Set For Life (great book)
• How Much Money Do I Need to Retire (useful book)
• Morgan Housel (great writer)
• Drop Dead Money (interesting website)
• Monevator (best UK investing site?)
• How to Fail at Everything (Scott Adams book)
• Linchpin (Seth Godin book)

Phew. One more of these next week. What do you think? Anything good in there? Which articles did you enjoy/find useful?