Meditation retreat

I’m home for the evening from a weekend Buddhist meditation retreat, and I was thinking about how unlikely it was that I’d have much to post on this blog about it.

But then I realized that there is something of value for my readers. I’ve blogged before about giving gifts and feeling better about spending [...]

Enjoying Richistan

I’m in the middle of reading Robert Frank’s fascinating new book "Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich."

One measure of a book is how many conversations it sparks, and by that measure this book is gold. I brought it on vacation, ending up talking about it [...]

Cheapskate Wealth

I was listening to a Kiyosaki CD today while taking a break from programming. I find his stuff mostly too simplistic, but I was liking it today for some reason, when I heard Kiyosaki make a really funny and interesting point.

He says that some few people can get rich by scrimping and saving. [...]

Maids ahoy!

As I mentioned in my previous post Getting help=more time to make money, it is time for my family to get a maid.

Both my wife and I spend far too much time taking care of the routine cleaning tasks generated by a household of two adults, three children, two dogs and two cats. That [...]

Timothy Ferriss and Scared Geeks

This weekend I finished reading "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich" by Timothy Ferriss. I just got it last week, and I read it straight through, putting aside all other books for a couple days.

I’m not going to give it an in-depth review. I think David Seah [...]