The Monday Read
Best July ever I am loving the perfect temperatures so far this July. Long may they continue! We have a new feature for you in today’s Monday Read: new threads from the Forum and interesting ones from other sites. You’ll find them after the usual links and before the reading list. Here are this week’s […]
Digital Detox 2
Two steps forward, one step back A couple of weeks ago I announced I’d be doing a digital detox and trying to stay offline on June 21st. The plan was turn off all my devices and not turn them back on again until the following day. “So how did it go?” is probably the question […]
The Monday Read
Rain, rain, go away… Dogen posted a joke the other day: “During Japan’s rainy season Godzilla returns to the ocean because it makes him feel less wet”. Makes sense to me! If I wanted cool, dark, gloomy weather I would have stayed in the UK 😉 Here are this week’s links Nice post on the […]
The problem with nenkin
What is all the fuss about? In April the Financial Services Agency released a report that stated that most people would need to have extra savings to top up their state pensions if they wanted to spend as much as pensioners do now, especially if they live to 95. Aso Taro, the Minister in charge […]
The Monday Read
Digital Detox edition As I wrote in last week’s post, I have started trying to detox myself digitally. So far so good! I’ll probably be writing about it in the future, but one possible drawback is less material for these Monday Reads… I guess we’ll deal with that problem when it arrives, if ever 🙂 […]
Digital Detox
I need an intervention The internet is great, but maybe too much internet is… not great? I’m way beyond the point where I feel like my internet addiction is getting in the way of work, life, and even happiness. Increasingly I am finding that my default setting is to be online, whether at home, at […]
The Monday Read
Summer is coming This week is week ten at my university, so we are 2/3 of the way through the semester. We are approaching the downhill part 🙂 We are also almost half-way through 2019. Hopefully you are working on your financial plan and happy with your progress. Remember to keep an eye out for […]
Guest Post: Hooray for Fuka Nenkin
It’s pretty good, I guess Today we have a guest post from RetireJapan reader and forum contributor kuma. It was actually a forum post, but it was so good that I asked if I could publish it on the blog. Kuma kindly agreed so here it is 🙂 Some background reading First, some background reading: […]
The Monday Read
The Rainy Season is here. Apparently. Still pretty nice in Sendai though 🙂 Here are this week’s links: This essay on Why Nerds are Unpopular was interesting, although I think the US is particularly anti-intellectual in schools. I thought being a politician in Japan was more lucrative -there goes my post-retirement side gig! Local elections […]
The Monday Read
Rainy season is coming Life is good. I hope your life is good too. Here are this week’s links: Are you being too productive at work? The Productivity Pitfall. See if any of these appeal: 24 Weird Ways People Make Money Online Invest it, of course! What Should You Do With A Windfall? This is […]