It’s a beautiful sunny morning here in Thailand and we are off to…the doctor. Unfortunately I have developed some sort of rash all over my arms and legs and it itches like the dickens! So I am going to go take advantage of some of the inexpensive health care available here and hopefully get something to alleviate my discomfort. I’d post pictures, but I don’t want to skeeve all of you out. Continue Reading →
The Yakezie Challenge was created in December 2009 by Sam at Financial Samurai and from humble beginnings has grown to be the largest (that I know of) personal finance blogger network on the internet. As I write this it is quite unusual to find a popular PF blog that does not display the Yakezie badge proudly.
As usual I am late to the party, but that doesn’t mean I won’t still have fun. Continue Reading →
After spending the past 2 days sharing the 2011 results and 2012 goals of a host of other bloggers I thought it was time to share my own 2012 goals with all of you. Since this is a financially oriented blog I’ll start with financial goals, but there’s more to life than money, so I have some personal goals as well to share with you. Hopefully you will not only find something of interest here, but it will also motivate you to create your own set of goals for the upcoming year if you haven’t done so already. Continue Reading →
While this site has been in hibernation over the past 21 months, I have not been hibernating. 2011 has been an amazing year, sometimes a bit unnerving or even distressing, but mostly a great transition. We’ve made some positive forward steps and some negative backward steps, but nothing tragic that can’t be fixed. Here’s some of my highlights for 2011:
- May 23: I quit my job
- June 1: My baby girl turns 1
- June 7: We leave the U.S. and move to Thailand
- June 24: New apartment and start to settle in
- July through November: Just getting acclimated to the new surroundings and culture. First 2 months many frustrations, by October things have settled down. By November I am getting bored and ready to dive into some work. Created travelpizza.com and then realized it’s not really what I want to do.
- December: After considering several options, decided that the writing I did here was some of the most interesting and compelling (for me anyway) that I have done. Decision made to rededicate myself to helping others avoid my mistakes. Plus it will be helpful for me since I have slid back into some old habits that are better left in the past. Continue Reading →
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