Of course saving money and getting a workout could help a lot of people feel more satisfied with life in general, but there are plenty of reasons why this in particular can make commuters happier. Walking or biking generally means you have to plan further ahead and you’re in less Read more…
By being open about your side gig, you make scheduling a social life or family events a lot easier. When everyone knows you have another job or jobs you’re committed to, they’re often more understanding of your schedule. Keep in mind that your employer may not allow or be pleased Read more…
… Compound interest happens when you earn interest off of the interest you’ve already earned. So in financial terms, if you invest $100 and make 10% on it each year, you’d have $110. The compounding part comes in when the interest is calculated based on that new total. Instead of Read more…
You see, and I stand as proof of this, the more we experience joy in life, the more we can’t wait to get up and start living it. On a very small scale, compare the worker who hates his job and the one who loves it. The man or woman Read more…
I thought it would be fun to look at a typical week for me because it might help others figure out how they can fill their free time. The schedule also shows the diversity of daily and weekly activities for me. No two days are alike, and each day typically has a mix of Read more…
No matter how many commitments we take on, no matter how long the to-do list, we never get more than twenty-four hours in a day. The way we spend those hours should reflect our values and priorities. To use our time well, we need to get rid of all those Read more…
Here’s Cal: People don’t look at the larger picture with their time and schedule. I know each day what I’m doing with each hour of the day. I know each week what I’m doing with each day of the week and I know each month what I’m doing with each Read more…
… Make the list right now. Every dream. I want to be a bestselling author. I want to reduce my material needs. I want to have freedom from many of the worries that I have succumbed to all my life. I want to be healthy. I want to help all Read more…
This idea is so simple but it is brilliant! We are terrible at predicting what will make us happier but it’s obvious what makes us unhappy so rather than pursue something that likely won’t actually improve our well-being, focus instead on eliminating the things that definitely make us unhappy and Read more…
Reaching back to Google X, Sergey Brin stresses the tremendous benefits of failure, and I echo that. Let’s assume, for a moment, that this early retirement experiment doesn’t work out–perhaps for one of the reasons stated above. What is the effect? Well, I’ll have a few thousand bucks in passive Read more…