Spending Money For Maximum Return: Stop Buying Things. Start Buying Back Your Life.
The hierarchy of high ROI spending.
https://www.beautyofsaas.com/p/spending-money-for-maximum-return-buying-things
The hierarchy of high ROI spending.
https://www.beautyofsaas.com/p/spending-money-for-maximum-return-buying-things
Beautyofsaas
Spending Money For Maximum Return: Stop Buying Things. Start Buying Back Your Life.
140: This will change how you spend your money.
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Strange Houses by Uketsu (translated by Jim Rion)
this book was recommended to me by three friends! so i had to give it a go.
simple and short horror read, i finished it by a stream in ~1.5h. the story is captivating enough to make you want to flip the page at every juncture.
overall, the concept is interesting to me but i definitely would’ve preferred if it was a serial murderer not for ‘tradition’ reasons.
4/5 quick read, something different conceptually
Strange Houses by Uketsu (translated by Jim Rion)
this book was recommended to me by three friends! so i had to give it a go.
simple and short horror read, i finished it by a stream in ~1.5h. the story is captivating enough to make you want to flip the page at every juncture.
overall, the concept is interesting to me but i definitely would’ve preferred if it was a serial murderer not for ‘tradition’ reasons.
4/5 quick read, something different conceptually
[2026 NYR Reading Goal]
Total: 12/15
- Fiction: 5/8
- Non-fiction: 7/7 ✅
1. The Diary of A CEO - link
2. Purple Cow - link
3. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - link
4. This is Marketing - link
5. Ogilvy on Advertising - link
6. The Creative Act - link
7. The Tipping Point - link
8. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - link
9. Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts - link
10. The Twins of Auschwitz - link
11. Flowers For Algernon - link
12. Strange Houses - link
Total: 12/15
- Fiction: 5/8
- Non-fiction: 7/7 ✅
1. The Diary of A CEO - link
2. Purple Cow - link
3. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - link
4. This is Marketing - link
5. Ogilvy on Advertising - link
6. The Creative Act - link
7. The Tipping Point - link
8. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - link
9. Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts - link
10. The Twins of Auschwitz - link
11. Flowers For Algernon - link
12. Strange Houses - link
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humblespace
finished it by a stream in ~1.5h.
said stream earlier today
great weather and location to just sit back whether it is to read or relax
i need more of these
great weather and location to just sit back whether it is to read or relax
i need more of these
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humblespace
you want free will. you want freedom. https://x.com/dantefofante/status/2053215797368045611?s=20
quick reflections on this:
i am truly blessed. the fact that i am remote working in another country, on a trip that was decided impromptu 48h before. to be able to enjoy travels and work (i like my job) at the same time is amazing. this actually motivates me way more in life in general - to have free will.
definitely a lucky fella compared to others that hate their jobs or are confined to boxes in office. rigidity kills the spirit, because free will is lost.
in our current era, real flexes have ceased to be material goods (as discussed many times before here), but instead have been shifting toward experiences, free will, and time!
i believe society still tends to conflate the two because majority are laggards by nature that tend to chase old rules -> change and realisation as a herd takes time.
money won't mean much as inflation carries on. surviving gets harder. chained to jobs. less time for self. less everything that we crave deep in our subconscious. it's not about the bags, cars, or houses anymore like it used to be for older gens, but the free will and a healthy state of mind and soul.
p.s. Korea is really interesting because they have gone the other way as a society ie. young adults are so pessimistic about their own future that they consciously choose to spend majority of their paycheck on luxury goods that they can't afford (LV, Hermes, Gucci, etc.). it's all about looking good and putting up a front here. even if it costs you a limb. why bother saving? because i'll never be able to save enough for a home anyw, so why don't i pamper myself instead and present a thriving front to others. the epitome of a superficial society.
(good watch on the history of plastic surgery culture in South Korea here, which adds to the culture of appearances)
i am truly blessed. the fact that i am remote working in another country, on a trip that was decided impromptu 48h before. to be able to enjoy travels and work (i like my job) at the same time is amazing. this actually motivates me way more in life in general - to have free will.
definitely a lucky fella compared to others that hate their jobs or are confined to boxes in office. rigidity kills the spirit, because free will is lost.
in our current era, real flexes have ceased to be material goods (as discussed many times before here), but instead have been shifting toward experiences, free will, and time!
i believe society still tends to conflate the two because majority are laggards by nature that tend to chase old rules -> change and realisation as a herd takes time.
money won't mean much as inflation carries on. surviving gets harder. chained to jobs. less time for self. less everything that we crave deep in our subconscious. it's not about the bags, cars, or houses anymore like it used to be for older gens, but the free will and a healthy state of mind and soul.
p.s. Korea is really interesting because they have gone the other way as a society ie. young adults are so pessimistic about their own future that they consciously choose to spend majority of their paycheck on luxury goods that they can't afford (LV, Hermes, Gucci, etc.). it's all about looking good and putting up a front here. even if it costs you a limb. why bother saving? because i'll never be able to save enough for a home anyw, so why don't i pamper myself instead and present a thriving front to others. the epitome of a superficial society.
(good watch on the history of plastic surgery culture in South Korea here, which adds to the culture of appearances)
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humblespace
Ikigai I remember first reading this years ago, and have been trying to make it a form of north star since personally don't think one can truly be happy unless he/she feels fulfilled within a reason for being
recent realisations about Ikigai is that the 4 aspects do NOT have to come from the same source
eg. you love your job, you are good at your job, you are getting paid at your job, the world needs what you're doing
i believe the goal is just to achieve the 4 (through whatever means), and you will find happiness
you can be good at a job, get paid for it, and not love it. you can still find/practice your passion on the side (maybe cooking, knitting, pottery, etc.), while volunteering to feel a sense of gratitude to the world
the permutations and combinations are endless in achieving the 4
i'm glossing over a lot of the smaller details and possible factors that might prove this wrong, but i'm just trying to speak broadly to say that it IS possible for those that might be going through something rn
remember what they say about being delusionally optimistic about life!
"whether you think you can or can't either way you're right", said Henry Ford
eg. you love your job, you are good at your job, you are getting paid at your job, the world needs what you're doing
i believe the goal is just to achieve the 4 (through whatever means), and you will find happiness
you can be good at a job, get paid for it, and not love it. you can still find/practice your passion on the side (maybe cooking, knitting, pottery, etc.), while volunteering to feel a sense of gratitude to the world
the permutations and combinations are endless in achieving the 4
i'm glossing over a lot of the smaller details and possible factors that might prove this wrong, but i'm just trying to speak broadly to say that it IS possible for those that might be going through something rn
remember what they say about being delusionally optimistic about life!
"whether you think you can or can't either way you're right", said Henry Ford
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Get inside your life
https://www.sherryning.com/p/get-inside-your-life
I heard this story about how the bodies of people who die of thirst in the desert are often found carrying full bottles of water because they’re afraid that if they drink it they won’t have enough left to make it out of the desert. When we’re fixated on the lifestyle and not life, we stay stranded, wasting the right moment in front of us by waiting for “the right moment” when it was, is, and always will be the moment of now. We waste youth on being anxious about aging. We waste good company worrying about being alone forever. We waste nice candles by not burning them, and pretty dresses by never getting them dirty with sweat, rain, and makeup.
When we spend life contemplating its finitude, that’s when we’re actually wasting it the most. Life is just this moment. What you’re doing right now, what’s happening around you, that’s it. That is your life.
https://www.sherryning.com/p/get-inside-your-life
Sherryning
Get inside your life
"Do not be a spectator or a commentator on your life; instead immerse yourself fully in it."
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The Mathematical Reason Most People Never "Make It"
#BM
https://kaguura.substack.com/p/the-mathematical-reason-most-people
#BM
Price’s Law states that the square root of the number of people in a domain does 50% of the work.
Even if you give everyone the same resources, the same training, the same chance, outcomes will still stratify eventually.
Some people will compound their advantages. Most won’t.
https://kaguura.substack.com/p/the-mathematical-reason-most-people
Substack
The Mathematical Reason Most People Never "Make It"
The uncomfortable truth about effort, outcome, and the math that connects them all