The Monday Read
The stock market is sick edition Well, it’s been an interesting few days on the investing front. This month our family net worth is down about seven million yen from the start of February. As we discussed in last week’s post, this is not a problem. How are you doing? This week’s links We are […]
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Interesting times edition Just cancelled a trip to Europe in April. Mix of work and perhaps an excess of caution. Our venue for the March RetireJapan event is already emailing me with virus fears (participants must wear masks and wash hands, will be turned away if visibly ill, etc.). And today we saw the first […]
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Hayfever or something else edition Well, it’s hayfever season and the Prime Minister just told us to consider not going to school or work if we have cold-like symptoms… great. Personally I was a clever boy this year and went and got my allergy meds in mid-January. Feeling a bit groggy, but otherwise not too […]
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Fukuoka calling Finally (with a little help from our friends) we have the Fukuoka events nailed down. There will be a JALT workshop in Kitakyushu on March 21st, and a RetireJapan Seminar in Fukuoka on March 22nd. After the seminar, we’ll probably hang out a bit and go to lunch. That afternoon we may have […]
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Spring edition Well, it’s a super pleasant 14 degrees today in Sendai… which is insane for February. I hope next year winter goes back to normal, or we won’t be doing any more skiing or snowboarding, at least not locally. This week’s links I approve this message: Advocating a Four Day Work Week for Japan […]
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Bubonic plague edition Well, not only is winter very much not coming, we also have all the fun of a new potential pandemic. I go from thinking it is probably nothing to thinking it might be quite serious to thinking it is probably nothing again. I think we don’t have enough information to know if […]
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Going snowboarding edition Well, it’s snow season but there isn’t any snow. Hoping to go to Appi next week with my granddaughter, so hopefully we’ll get a bit more by then. I’m sure it’s completely fine that it isn’t cold in January in Sendai. This week’s links This seems a bit harsh, although it seems […]
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Kind of mild this year edition What happened to January? There is no snow here in Miyagi and I am recklessly strolling around with no hat, gloves, or even coat at times. This would not be possible under normal circumstances. Oh, well. I’m sure everything is completely fine. Here are this week’s links Of course […]
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Happier New Year edition How was your New Year’s break? Hopefully you had one, and it was restful and enjoyable. We went to the in-laws’, watched kohaku, and ate and drank a bit too much. All good. I was also awarded my blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu last week -quite a big deal. Took me […]
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Happy New Year edition Well, that’s the end of 2019 (and the decade, depending on how you measure it). Hope it was a good one for you 🙂 Our next blog post will be planning 2020: hope you’ll join us for the ride. This week’s links New blog post by Tim Ferriss (he mostly does […]