Traveling Toward Fire

A Premature FI Experiment

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  • Reflections On Our Time In Japan

    Reflections On Our Time In Japan

    Our time in Japan was spent across two different cities, Tokyo and Osaka. During that time I was keeping notes on things I liked, didn’t like, or that I just observed and didn’t judge. In this post I’ll be formalizing those notes to cover the good and the bad that we experienced in Japan. Positives…

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  • Jet Lag Induced Insomnia: Practical Remedies

    Jet Lag Induced Insomnia: Practical Remedies

    In our recent move from Costa Rica to Japan, I experienced jet lag induced insomnia for the first time in my life. This was my first time experiencing any sort of extended insomnia. I severely underestimated how bad this would impact me. My guess was that I would sleep really badly for a night, then…

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  • Costa Rica Reflections

    Costa Rica Reflections

    Before Costa Rica fades too far into the past, I wanted to capture my thoughts on our time there. It was overwhelmingly positive but I came away with things that I both loved and hated about it. There were also other things that I don’t judge as positive or negative, but instead just observe that…

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  • Point Of No Return: Crossing The Event Horizon

    Point Of No Return: Crossing The Event Horizon

    Smorgasbord Of Updates Over the past few weeks we have made our way into the thick of putting this plan into action. We have been hustling on a variety of fronts, none of which are noteworthy on their own but may be interesting collectively. Up to this point everything was conceptual; mostly research without a…

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  • Scarcity Is A Performance Enhancing Drug

    Scarcity Is A Performance Enhancing Drug

    There’s a saying in sports that you can’t manufacture desperation. Any team or individual with their back against the wall is going to be capable of things they otherwise wouldn’t be. Those of us watching may not even understand how in the hell they overcame the odds stacked against them. I have witnessed so many…

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