RetireJapan

The standard advice is to build your emergency fund before doing other investing. It's good advice, but I thought examples of the kinds of emergencies that can happen would be even more persuasive. Recently, I experienced my apartment flooding and suddenly becoming unliveable. Even though everything...

For the vast majority of people, watches are a hobby. Finding, maintaining, collecting, trading and working on watches can be really fun, but it costs money rather than makes money. You might somehow end up getting lucky and making money on a rare find but it's very unlikely. I have a watch that has...

Some hobbies I've done over the years that I don't think break the bank: Running. All you need is a pair of shoes really. Find a nice park or river near you and you're off. Many parks also have outdoor workout equipment like pullup bars. If you can't do a pullup yet then you can buy exercise bands f...