The Monday Read: False Spring
I am still taking cold showers once a day (haven’t missed a day since August) and walking/cycling to work every day, but due to a series of unfortunate events have already failed to keep up with my eating, gym, and jiu-jitsu resolutions. Sigh. Still, I will do better tomorrow. How are you doing this January? […]
The Monday Read: January Thaw
2023 has only just started, and already things are not going the way I thought they would. No plan survives contact with the enemy, and all that. No matter! We press on regardless. The Monthly Read It has come to my attention that some people may love RetireJapan but not want to get a weekly […]
The Monday Read: Year of the Bunny
Happy New Year! I hope you had a fun relaxing time over the last couple of days and that you are looking forward to The Year of the Bunny 🙂 I’ll be doing a planning blog post soon -have all sorts of things I want to get done this year, many of them involving RetireJapan. […]
The Monday Read: Chilled Xmas
Hope everyone is doing okay out there! Loads of snow on the Sea of Japan side of the country, thankfully over here on the Pacific side we’ve got sunny skies (albeit with a nasty wind). Had a very chilled Christmas this year, dinner went off without a hitch and we watched Klaus on Netflix with […]
The Monday Read: Xmas 2022
Honestly cannot believe we are less than a week from Christmas. Like, where did the last (three) year(s) go? Fortunately we agreed not to do presents for the adults this year, which takes an enormous amount of pressure off. I’ll be doing my Xmas shopping tomorrow for the grandkids. My turkey is due to arrive […]
The Monday Read: Contentment?
I had to cover for one of our teachers this week. In one way that was a huge pain, as I had a bunch of work I was planning to do (including coaching sessions I had to reschedule), but it was also nice to teach again. Seems I’m actually not bad at it, and I […]
The Monday Read: Road Trip
We took a trip to Hokuriku this week. Drove down to Toyama, stayed in a hotel we like, ate at a small French restaurant we stumbled upon a few years ago when it first opened, visited my wife’s aunt’s grave, spent a couple of nights in Kanazawa, and visited the Fukui dinosaur museum (that’s where […]
The Monday Read: Taking Stock
It is almost December! Unbelievable. I’m really looking forward to my annual review this year (been doing annual plans and reviews since 2013) and next year’s plan. Hope you are doing well too! RetireJapan TV Last Monday we finally launched our secret livestream project: RetireJapan TV. We didn’t tell anyone because we weren’t sure if […]
The Monday Read: Rainy November Morning
My granddaughter is going on her (delayed) overnight field trip today, so of course it was cold and raining when I dropped her off at school at 6:45 this morning. Feels like winter in the UK, not something I enjoy! YouTube Thank you for your support of the RetireJapan YouTube channel. I started the Part-time […]
The Monday Read: Life of Learning
Some of you might remember that I have been taking an online writing course called Ship 30 for 30. That finishes tomorrow and I will be starting Ali Abdaal’s Part-time YouTuber Academy… tomorrow. I enjoyed the writing course, but it didn’t quite live up to the hype and I would give it a score of […]