Slack
The best thing in life? I’ve had a little time to think this week. Probably doesn’t hurt that this is my view as I am writing this post… I got really into personal finance about five years ago, just before I started RetireJapan. It has transformed my life for the better in all sorts of […]
302nd Post
Not the milestone I was looking for This is the 302nd post on this blog. Of course, I meant to write this last Friday, which was the 300th post, but I forgot (I’m on the road at the moment, which makes writing the blog more challenging than usual). RetireJapan started in 2013. Since then we’ve […]
GREENa Electricity
Truly green power? I read an interesting blog post a couple of days ago by Mark Brierley, and in it he mentioned that GREENa has a 100% renewable energy electricity plan. I’ve been looking for one of those since the electricity deregulation was announced, so was very interested to hear about this company. Personally I […]
Review: Drop Dead Money
Your financial weather report Today a really quick review of a website/mailing list I enjoy. I’ve been a subscriber for a few years now, and enjoy the infrequent, no-nonsense, sensible emails. The site looks really scammy but isn’t (which I guess is better than the other way around!). The basic premise of the site is […]
Building a House in Japan 2
We’re just getting started The rather terrifying quote we got yesterday At the end of last month I posted the first in this new series describing our adventures as we look into our options to move in with my in-laws. A lot has happened since my wife told me that this was important to her, […]
Pareto in Personal Finance
Don’t be intimidated A couple of weeks ago I wrote about relativity in personal finance -the way things seem to go really slowly until one day you wake up and there have been enormous changes, seemingly overnight. Today’s post is similar. At first personal finance seems baffling, overwhelming. We don’t learn it in school and […]
Flying More Comfortably
Just get a few things right I’ve talked about flying a few times on the blog, mainly in the context of using air miles and taking emergency flights. My personal preference is to use air miles to fly business class for less than the price of economy. Another option is to use air miles to […]
Free Bank Withdrawals from THEO
Interesting option if you can get it to work You can find the bank withdrawal settings under ‘入金’ in the menu on the top right You might know that I am a big fan of THEO. You can see my latest update on them here. I love the simplicity of their product, the user-friendly interface, […]
Countdowns
What are YOU waiting for? Countdown Days app for AndroidRegular readers may have noticed that I have a tendency to overthink and overplan things. Last year I came across a countdown app for iOS which allowed you to set various goals or events then showed how many days were left. I liked it so much […]
Review: Monevator
Worth subscribing to Monevator is a UK website about ‘making, saving, and investing money’. It’s one of the best sites out there if you want solid advice on investing in a readable format. It is one of those sites I am always happy to see in my Digg Reader list. I follow the site using RSS, […]