The Monday Read: little everyday joys
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musings, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. Photos cannot do justice to the sky we had on Saturday. It was breathtakingly spectacular. And gone in a few minutes. Noticing it, and taking a moment to appreciate it, was a tiny everyday […]
The Monday Read: Spending Time and Money
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musing, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. Well, I am enjoying being back in Sendai. It is home, after all. My diet has slipped, but I am going to get back on track tomorrow. Exercise is going well, I’m doing a […]
The Monday Read: Miyakojima
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musing, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. Spent the last four days on Miyakojima with my wife. It was my first trip to Okinawa Prefecture, and I was very pleasantly surprised. Miyako is great. Small, sleepy, not too many tourists (compared […]
The Monday Read: Natto for Life
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musing, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. This week, after 23 years in Japan, I started eating natto. I’m sure this had nothing to do with the fact that I recently kind of decided to naturalize here 😉 I had tried […]
The Monday Read: Health as Number One Priority
I’ve decided my main priority at the moment is health. Not work, not family, not hobbies, not friends, not (gasp!) money, but health. After all, a healthy man wants many things, but a sick man only one. I’m still aiming to lose another 9 kg or so, to reach 77 kg (and stay there!) by […]
The Monday Read: Gran Class
I am back in Japan! The flight back was fine, even though it was my first long-haul economy flight in quite some time 😉 Here’s a quick snapshot of an anecdote from the flight. After arriving at Narita, I took the Keisei Line to Ueno, then the shinkansen back to Sendai. The train was a […]
The Monday Read: Big Dog
I’m close to the end of my Europe trip, and it’s been great. Not only did I see all the people I needed to see, but I also got to do a lot of thinking. (was not able to do… any of the work I was planning to, but this should not be a surprise […]
The Monday Read: UK Love/Hate
I’m in London now seeing friends. As usual, had a fairly poor initial experience, but it got much better once I met up with people. Last night I went to a Eurovision Song Contest party and drank far too much. Today I met a friend for a walk and lunch. This evening I met my […]
The Monday Read: Eurobliss
I am back where I grew up near Bilbao. I wrote a long Twitter thread about the first part of my trip. You can read it here if you dare 😉 Now I am hanging out with my family, eating tortilla de patatas, and walking around the town where I grew up. A lot has […]
The Monday Read: Going Home
I’m finally taking a trip to Europe to see family and friends. It’s been… four years I think? Far too long. Looking forward to it of course. But it’s going to be weird to be away for three weeks. Good to get out of the daily routine, enjoyable though it is. On the other hand, […]