The Monday Read
Busy Busy Busy edition This is a very short Monday Read -apologies! Things are a tad busy at the moment, but in a good way. The forum was lively this week: We’ve been doing a lot of coaching recently. We’re currently booked up through February, and I’ll be going into hospital for a minor operation […]
The Monday Read
‘Good’ edition Jocko Willink is pretty much a stereotype of himself, much like Chuck Norris. But I’ve been getting a lot of value out of his ‘good’ technique. Essentially it consists of trying to see the positive in any situation, no matter how bad it seems at first. It’s basically ‘every cloud has a silver […]
The Monday Read
Hayfever’s back edition Forgot how little I enjoy having seasonal allergies, which seem to come earlier and feel worse each year. I fear I may finally have to go on anti-allergy meds year round. Still, at least the temperatures are more pleasant this week! The forum is doing incredibly well, we’re getting close to 10,000 […]
Kosei Nenkin — Applying for Your Private School Pension
Ever wondered about how difficult it might be to apply? Wonder no more. Contributor par excellence Mason Dixon returns with another treatise that will be of interest to many of our readers: the exact process to apply for your pension. With RetireJapan as the single best source in assisting foreigners in Japan to plan for […]
The Monday Read
Ups and Downs It’s looking more and more likely that I will be unemployed from April 2022. Fortunately we are in an okay financial situation so this will not be a huge problem. Big difference from the last time I lost my job! This is why I spend so much time here trying to encourage […]
The Monday Read
101 Edition This week I have been mainly watching Batman films on Netflix. The Nolan trilogy, then the much less well done Snyder ones. Not the best for productivity, but sometimes you just need to veg out a bit and turn the brain off, eh? This week’s links I found this overview of current and […]
2021 Planning
Goals for this year? Not even sure if I have goals for this year. Be kind to myself and others, maybe. 2020 was such a grind that I’m just hoping this year is less like that. Over the break I had two wonderful conversations, one with a colleague and one with my wife, about the […]
The Monday Read
Happy New Year This is the 100th Monday Read! Well, 2021 is here. The arbitrary line drawn in the sand is unlikely to fix the problems we had in the past, but can provide motivation to make a fresh start or change something. The forum was pretty active over the break: Thank you to everyone […]