One of the most difficult challenges for would-be untemplaters is money. If you're not holding down a steady, 9-to-5 job, how are you going to pay your bills? Even if you're backpacking on a shoestring through a foreign land, you'll need cash for food, transport, and a bed every so often, right? It's fair to say that in a commercialized world, most of us will need some … [Read more...]
Going going, back back…to school?
Once you're a full fledged adult, going back to school seems like a step backward doesn't it? You might think, "Isn't school for when I was in my teens and twenties, trying to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up?" Well, sure it is, but school is also a great opportunity to try something new and different. Now I'm not talking about going back to school to get your law … [Read more...]
Personal Finance: Where Do I Begin?
Personal Finance can be daunting, it’s often associated with keeping every receipt, logging every purchase and punching numbers until your fingers are raw. I remember my eyes longing for a distraction every time my friend would start talking about it. I figured since I was not making a large salary, I could simplify by doing the counting and predictions in my head. Why … [Read more...]
For those who don’t want to build the next Facebook
My internet startup takes a lot of moving parts: The developer needs to build the product, I need to sell and market the product, and the CEO needs to raise funds, manage the team, and do the accounting and taxes. Every day we encounter a new obstacle or pitch our idea to an investor or potential client to close a deal. My kind of startup involves a complete immersion of … [Read more...]
Real Mind Control with Stoicism
One mandatory tool needed in order to live a truly authentic lifestyle is real mind control. This means to become mentally bulletproof to all criticism, slander, insults and negative judgment or opinion that other people direct at you. If you know who you are, what you want to do, and have the balls to pursue it, then you are bound to piss some people off. Human beings … [Read more...]