In an age of instant gratification, I have become a dreadful waiter. Not in a restaurant-waiter kind of sense, although there are a few stories lurking in the back of my mind for a future blog on that topic. I…
I have spent years boring anyone willing to spend a hot minute listening to me with my opinions about community, something I explored recently when writing about The Wealth We Forgot to Measure. We build houses too big, age too…
(Personal Recommendations Feel Heavier Than Others) My husband and I have been binge-watching an excellent German series called Achtsam Morden – roughly translated as To Murder Mindfully. It is one of those rare shows that has you laughing one minute…
The Wealth We Measure Judging by the occasional cold-call I get from a random financial advisor and their quick spiel about how important it is to safeguard wealth and know exactly where we stand relative to our age, we measure…
Curiosity returns long before most people realise their life is changing. I used to think curiosity meant learning. Reading more books.Listening to podcasts.Watching videos.Researching things.Falling down internet rabbit holes. Basically collecting information like a squirrel preparing for winter. The problem…
I think we need to start being a bit more honest about what actually counts as an income stream now. Because somewhere along the line, we started calling everything “multiple income streams.” A Substack with 14 subscribers.A Gumroad product that…
The first side income I ever received felt a bit like being the kid on the street selling homemade lemonade. Incredibly excited over what was, realistically, a very small amount of money. At the beginning, it isn’t really about the…
Why you get stuck after deciding to change is simpler than you think. We have circled around the moment you realise that one income isn’t safe like a hungry shark circles a group of surfers out on their boards. We…
When you watch someone at work slowly retreat into themselves, you start to question how safe any of this really is. Especially when everything depends on one income stream continuing to behave itself. This is the person who used to…
This week, I got a sharp reminder of why depth stops paying when I found myself doubting my ability over one tiny challenge. A new challenge had landed on my desk. Not a huge one. Not the sort of thing…