Note: I’m not a financial advisor and I’ve tried to source where I’ve found my recommendations. These tend to be skewed towards the UK, but you can find your country’s equivalents. Create your own investment strategy based on your risk appetite. It’s worth the time! Do you know what your ... Read More about How to calculate your predicted retirement age
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Reading The Last American Man to imagine simple off-grid living in nature
Walden makes me weak at the knees. I see a beautiful log cabin and my heart skips a beat. Any overused romantic cliche will fit my feelings for nature, self-sufficiency, and escaping city life for the wilderness. After glancing at the blurb of Elizabeth Gilbert's The Last American Man for a few ... Read More about Reading The Last American Man to imagine simple off-grid living in nature
Travelling +10,000 km by train while earning money
I spoke to a lot of people while taking the Trans-Mongolian Railway from Moscow to Beijing. Most of them had quit their jobs and taken a year off for travel. Other than this one guy. He was Irish and wearing an Irish rugby top because he was on his way to Tokyo to watch ... Read More about Travelling +10,000 km by train while earning money
13 books like Walden to imagine life in the woods
If I asked you to name a book about living in the woods, you might say Walden, Henry David Thoreau's memoir of his time in a cabin in the woods by Walden Pond. I've been gravitating towards other books like Walden lately. By reading them, I've been thinking about my own life and the balance I ... Read More about 13 books like Walden to imagine life in the woods
The Sun is a Compass – one couple’s adventure and a magical memoir
"Wilderness has become the silent third partner in our marriage, and here is where it all began..." While hiking 160km across Greenland on the Arctic Circle Trail last month, I happened to read two books about Alaska: Paddling North by Audrey Sutherland and The Sun is a Compass by Caroline Van ... Read More about The Sun is a Compass – one couple’s adventure and a magical memoir
On fast- and slow-growth years: celebrating your evolution with a Trello board
Photo by Stefan Tschumi. A couple of months ago, I made a Trello board to list all of my achievements and milestones from the last five years. I was inspired by Lauren Holliday’s post on tracking your work accomplishments, which you should definitely check out. By creating my own ... Read More about On fast- and slow-growth years: celebrating your evolution with a Trello board
