Financial independence means that all living expenses are covered by capital income from interest, dividends, … There is no need to work for a paycheck anymore. – earlyretirementextreme.com Over the past couple of weeks, between chatting to an acquaintance and thinking about my post-Taipei plans I’ve formulated a plan for where I want to take my life over the next few years: Mission 35: be financially independent by the time I hit
A quick update on how things are going over here in Taipei…. When I arrived here last Wednesday I’d booked myself into Banana Hostel, more like an apartment than a hostel run by a lovely Taiwanese couple. Met some interesting people there. Mark from California, who told me I ought to be keep an eye out for abandoned bicycles around the city and grab one if it takes my fancy. Ben from Shanghai with whom I shared discussions on career, going travelling for long periods and general life outlook. And of course, I mustn’t forget the two Korean girls who stayed up till 3am playing cards with me. In between all this fun I did lots of flat viewings. I’d responded to some adverts on
I’ve been enjoying the last 3 weeks here in Patong beach, Phuket, catching up on my project work (my Chinese language learning app). Prior to this and immediately following my visit to Angkor Wat I’d spent a few days visiting a close friend. Over the last month or so I deliberated and then decided that I would go back to Taiwan to study Mandarin at Shida university in Taipei. My original plan was to spend a week in Cambodia and then head to Laos by land, working my way up country. But by the time I’d reached Phnom Penh I really wasn’t feeling Laos. I felt like I was done travelling and wanted to stay put for a while. So I ended up booking a flight
A few things of note that have happened recently… Make peace, not war in Mali The Stop the War Coalition are h0lding a huge event in London in February to protest the just-started Mali bombing campaign by NATO as well as Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan and the jingoistic imperial empire in general. Find out more at http://www.tenyearson.org.uk/. Just to note, I’m no fan of George Galloway. Aaron Schwartz dies Aaron Schwartz (co-founder of Reddit and inventor of RSS) committed suicide. Find out more about why in Democracy Now’s coverage. Matt Stoller in an excellent article on Schwartz states the following: As we think about what happened to Aaron, we need to recognize that it was not just prosecutorial overreach that killed him. That’s too easy, because