Coronavirus by GCCJr – Made in Taiwan (I commissioned this drawing for $50.)
Life is about to undergo significant change as the US and Europe begin societal lockdowns to slow the exponential spreading of Coronavirus.
As a contrast, this is what life is like in Taiwan – first person and anecdotally.
Sometime recently there was a big hubbub about a personal finance personality saying, and I do paraphrase, “If you didn’t spend $5/day on coffee you would have $1 million at retirement.” (Orman, maybe?)
Anyhoo, the responses went something like:
“You can’t save your way to wealth!”
“Nobody gets rich saving $5!”
“F you! I like my coffee!”
My response was a little more incredulous… “Coffee costs $5?!”
2019 was our 7th full year of this bizarre little life experiment we are doing. So far, so good.
The majority of what I write here on Go Curry Cracker is driven by my figuring this all out as we go. Thankfully a lot of other people are also making their own way as early retirees, travel hackers, tax geeks, expats, world travelers, nomadic families, and adventurers, and we are able to contribute to our collective well-being in some small way.
This year my attention seemed to be grabbed by:
Based on this year’s blog traffic and profit numbers, perhaps too much on those last two. :p
Oops, we did it again. After a lot of casual deliberation we have extended our stay in Taipei, moving into a new (to us) and much larger apartment in the process.
Of the 5 apartments we’ve had in this city, this is by far my favorite.
Happy Winter Solstice and Merry Dividend Season to all of my fellow pagans and financiers!
And Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Diwali! Happy Festivus! Seasons Greetings! It’s a beautiful time of year when the world’s people and faiths celebrate.
I’ve been writing about random things that pop into my head on this website for a little over 7 years now. So I suppose it is natural to have a little 7-year itch.
As summer rolled around I was feeling little to no motivation. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and there was a world to explore. So I did a bunch of 100+ km bike rides with big climbs, played some guitar, did a bit of travel, and more or less let me inner laziness rein free. I did absolutely nothing productive and it was glorious.
So now what? Perhaps it was just the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, but in early fall it seemed like anybody and everybody was selling their blog. From long-time personal finance blogger superstars to recent upstarts, they were all handing over the virtual keys.
So… what the hell… why not explore the possibilities?
