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Last updated: December 2, 2025

Scooters appeared overnight in every city. The sharing economy creates abundance illusions—someone owns them, someone profits, nothing is free

Financial Resilience

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Frugality And Financial Resilience

Last updated: January 7, 2026

Frugality builds resilience by widening the gap between income and expenses. The buffer absorbs shocks that break those living at their edge

Financial Resilience Meaningful Relationships

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The Obstacle Is Not The Bottleneck

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Obstacles block paths temporarily. Bottlenecks restrict flow permanently. Solving obstacles while ignoring bottlenecks wastes energy on symptoms

Meaningful Relationships

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Thinking Outside Of The Jar

Last updated: December 3, 2025

We live inside invisible jars of assumptions. Thinking outside requires recognizing the jar exists first—most never see the glass containing them

Blogging Productivity and Effectiveness

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Filling In The Gaps

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Brains fill gaps automatically with assumptions. Incomplete information triggers pattern completion—often wrong. Awareness of gap-filling prevents false certainty

Blogging Movie Reviews

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Clarkson’s Farm – A Review

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Jeremy Clarkson farming revealed agriculture's brutal economics. Entertainment met reality—farming looks romantic until you run the numbers

Financial Resilience

#365 challenge, #consistency, #financial freedom, #money mindset, #wealth

Opportunities And Building Up

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Opportunities compound when you build consistently. Each completed project creates platform for the next. Building up beats starting over repeatedly

Meaningful Relationships

#365 challenge, #communication, #conflict, #relationships, #social media

We’re Still A Tribalist World, It Just Got Easier To Pick Our Tribe

Last updated: December 3, 2025

If you look at all the technological advance of the last hundreds of years, you'd say that humanity evolved a lot. We have instant communication all [...]

Blogging

#365 challenge, #coffee shop work, #portugal

Words We Don’t Use Anymore

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Language evolves through deletion. Words disappear when concepts become obsolete or unspeakable. What we stop saying reveals cultural shifts

Location Independence

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Location Independence Is Not A Luxury Anymore

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Location independence shifted from luxury to survival skill. Governments lock down, economies collapse, borders close. Mobility means optionality means security

Meaningful Relationships

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Surviving Fake News Era In 4 Steps

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Today someone I follow on Twitter asked how do we know if some news is actually true (it's not fake news, that is). I already answered [...]

Meaningful Relationships

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Life Is Not A Movie, So You’re Not A Movie Star

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Movies edit out boring parts. Life includes every tedious moment. Expecting cinematic drama from ordinary days guarantees disappointment

Financial Resilience

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Algorithmic Business

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Algorithms run businesses now—hiring, firing, pricing, inventory. Human judgment shrinks to exception handling. Efficiency wins, nuance dies

Financial Resilience Location Independence

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The Difference Between Owning, And Having Access To

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Ownership means control. Access means permission that revokes. The distinction matters when platforms change rules or disappear overnight

Blogging Location Independence

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These Grapes Are Very Fresh, You’re Very Lucky, Sir

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Merchants create urgency through scarcity theater. Fresh grapes, lucky timing, special deals—all scripts to trigger buying before thinking

Meaningful Relationships Relationships and Society

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Managing Mainstream Media In A Less Toxic Way – A Few Approaches

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Mainstream media optimizes for outrage and engagement. Managing exposure requires intentional boundaries—time limits, source diversity, emotional detachment

Meaningful Relationships Relationships and Society

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Side Stream Media And Down Stream Media

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Mainstream dominates, but sidestream and downstream media multiply perspectives. Information hierarchies flatten—alternative narratives flow alongside official ones

Meaningful Relationships Relationships and Society

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Main Stream Media, Side Stream Media and Down Stream Media

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Media stratifies into three streams—mainstream narratives, sidestream alternatives, downstream niche communities. Each stream serves different truth-seeking strategies

Blogging

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Speed Is A Function Of Fuel

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Fast execution requires high-quality fuel—energy, focus, resources. Running on empty produces slow results regardless of effort intensity

Blogging

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Time Off Is Actually Time On

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Although today started rather joyfully, and I even took a different route to work , enjoying one of the many breathtaking vistas of Lisbon, it somehow