The Monday Read: happy new year
New year, new you? The new year in Japan starts in April. January to March is just the tail end of the previous year, so it doesn’t have to count. How is 2024年度 shaping up for you? Any exciting projects on the horizon? RetireJapan TV The next episode of RJTV will be on April 15th […]
The Monday Read: Last week of the year
Starting the year in April I have kind of grown to like the rhythm of the years in Japan. Starting everything in April seems right now. Accordingly, this is the last week of the 2023 academic and work year. People are finishing up jobs and graduating from schools. Next week they will be starting new […]
The Monday Read: Mission Accomplished
Finishing a big job We finished the latest cohort of our flagship course, Your First Ten Million Yen, today. Had a wonderful group of participants and the new flipped format of the course was really enjoyable to teach. I can’t believe it is over. (sign up for news about the next one here) I need […]
The Monday Read: It’s okay to take time off too
Sometimes the best thing we can do is recover I have been much more active recently. That is largely a good thing, but today I hit a wall. I went to jiu-jitsu practice on Friday and Saturday, then went snowboarding today on Sunday. It was too much. I felt exhausted, with no energy. I pushed […]
The Monday Read: This changes everything
What if you didn’t have to do it, but rather got to do it I have it pretty easy in life. I got a good start, have been more than averagely lucky, and have made a few good moves. I wake up when I want, pretty much do what I want, and have very little […]
The Monday Read: From the R to the J to the G
Do we need to sit down and talk about a midlife crisis which is starting? I’ve been playing with AI a bit recently (Google’s Gemini, ChatGPT 3.5) and even though the hype seems to be dying down in the media, these things are getting better and better. I watched Daniel Priestley talk about it in […]
The Monday Read: Where are we going?
You need to know where you are and where you want to go I’m sick at the moment. Either I have a bad cold, or hayfever season just started, and it is way worse than usual. I’m not thrilled about either of those options, to be honest. But it doesn’t seem to have really affected […]
The Monday Read: More learning ahead
RetireJapan is full steam There is so much going on now at RetireJapan. Our flagship annual live course started this week. If you’re interested in the next cohort, you can sign up for the waiting list here. YouTube and the blog are going really well this year. Thanks for watching and reading! Please tell other […]
The Monday Read: Crossing that Bridge
Why do we do things? I was looking at my spreadsheets this week. It looks like our net worth went up by 16% in 2023. And then went up another 10% in January. In 2021 our spreadsheet reached my arbitrary ‘we are financially independent’ number. It’s now 34% above that. And yet on Friday I […]
The Monday Read: Blue Skies
Living a deliberate life I went snowboarding today for the first time this season. We had great weather for it and the resort was playing upbeat jazz music instead of the usual ’80s pop tunes. A big improvement. At first I wasn’t thrilled about going, but my wife wanted to so I duly got up […]