Mindfulness | Taking Care Of My Own Business

What if you run out of life?

Andy 26th March 2024 26th March 20240

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧? Thought about it? Thought about it a bit more? For me, it would be 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭. It’s…

Are you happy when you hit your financial goals?

Andy 24th November 2023 24th November 20230

Many people: “Once I hit a certain level of net worth all of my problems will magically vanish.” Reality: ”Nope!” What if I told you that achieving that long-term net worth goal you’ve always dreamed of achieving probably won’t bring…

Don’t worry, be …

Andy 12th April 2020 12th April 20207

… Hmm, I don’t know how that header should be completed. Do you? No? Then, let’s find out together. In my opinion, the standard saying: “Don’t worry, be happy” seems to be too simplified because not only do I doubt that one can be…

Sunday = Ponder-day

Andy 5th August 2018 5th August 20180

THE GOOD LIFE IS ANYWHERE We tell ourselves that we need the right setup before we finally buckle down and get serious. We tell ourselves that we need this and that at work, a more supportive boss, more autonomy, more…

Ponder-worthy stuff I read last week

Andy 15th April 2018 15th April 20184

The best way to talk to people about money … is keeping the phrases, “What do you want to do?” or “Whatever works for you,” loaded and ready to fire. You can explain to other people the history of what…

Profound Question

Andy 19th January 2018 19th January 20184

I had lunch with an ex-colleague from my corporate-duty-days yesterday. She asked me how was it possible (sic!) to achieve financial freedom by the age of 44? Hmm, that made me think. I was not able to come up with…

Working to Live or Living to Work?

Andy 14th January 2018 2nd June 20182

How was your weekend? Was it full of memorable moments? How many days of annual leave do you have left carried over from 2017? What kind of experiences are you going to exchange them for? Need some encouragement? Have a…

Being more selfish by practicing Effective Altruism

Andy 8th December 2017 17th December 20175

It’s a basic rule of economics that money is less valuable to you the more you have of it. It’s the end of the year and it’s the season of giving. It’s a fact that giving is the most selfish…

Book Review – Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference by William MacAskill

Andy 7th December 2017 29th October 20180

You’re rich. No, really you are. Whether you’ve paid for a computer or smartphone to browse the TACOMOB website on, or even handed a few coins over at an internet cafe, you’re far richer than many of your fellow human…

Are you ‘kiasu’ enough on being lazy?

Andy 4th November 2017 4th November 201712

There are many merits of being lazy. Come on, don’t be lazy, be a bit kiasu* and read on. Laziness is the road to progress, but only when it is combined with intelligent thought and high ambition. For example, lazy…

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