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My book Optionality is a synthesis of my best work up to 2020 or so. I suggest picking it up before diving too deeply into the back-catalogue.
The older posts are mostly fine too; it’s just that I started this blog in my twenties and don’t necessarily endorse everything I’ve ever written.
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2020
- Why Bitcoin is Not That Stupid
- 10 Principles of Optionality For an Uncertain World
- Happiness is a Greased Pig Chase
- Announcing Optionality, the Book: How You Can Get Involved
- Is Blogging Worth It? A Cheap Option for Attracting Serendipity
- Make Frugality Great Again!
- Getting Hacked and Getting Hard
- It's Such a Perfect Day
- The Commonplace Book: How to Get Compound Interest on Your Ideas
- Notes on Note Taking: How to Read a Book
- A Repository of Cool Stuff For People Who Are Somewhat Like Us
- Roam Research for Getting Things Done (GTD)
- Kindly Stop Saying The Efficient Market Hypothesis is Dead
- The Self-Experimentation Guide
- Minimalist Fitness: The Lost Art of Calisthenics
- How to Profit From Coronavirus
- Inevitable Coronavirus Post
- The Embarrassing Problem of Premature Exploitation
- Life of Paisa: The Cost of Living in Medellín, Colombia
- Time Travel for Pleasure and Profit
2019
- 2019 Spending Breakdown: The Year of Becoming a Fancy Bitch
- The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2019
- Getting to 'Good Enough'
- An Interview with Alain de Botton
- Better to Reign in Hell Than Serve in Heaven
- The Optionality Approach to Getting Lucky
- How to Make Your Own Luck
- Same Salad, Different Day
- Beware of Geeks Bearing Formulas
- If the Stock Market Crashed Today
- Office Hours
- A Fistful of Dong: The Cost of Living in Da Nang, Vietnam
- The Barbell Strategy for Buying Quality Stuff
- Constraints That Liberate
- Digital Minimalism Review: Gazing Into the Abyss
- Tips For Reading 100+ Books a Year
- Goals Gone Wild
2018
- Living on $10,000 a Year: Attempt #2
- The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2018
- Meditations on Momentum
- Fat People Are Heroes
- Fuck-You Money Part II
- The Joy of Fuck-You Money
- Deep Dish Turns Two: Big Lube, Beards, and an Exciting Announcement
- The Brave New World of Wireheading
- Bali on a Budget: Living on Less Than $800 a Month
- Is The Law of Attraction Real?
- The Madness Of Crowds
- Quake Books That Shake Up Your Brain
- Futurama Taught Me Everything I Know About Compound Interest
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up is Utterly Deranged, and I Love It
- Why I'm Buying the iPhone X (And You Should Too)
- A Minimalist Packing List for Female Travelers
- Life Lessons on the Road
- Specialization is For Insects
- How to Make Friends as a Solo Traveler
- Ultralight Travel Packing List: 10 Countries, One 7kg Bag
- After the Pizza Diet: Losing 20kg and Readjusting to Life as a Skinny Guy
2017
- Living On Less Than $10,000 a Year
- The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2017
- Advanced Investing: The Barbell Strategy for Bastards
- The Best Things in Life Really Are Free
- Reader Case Study: The 24 Year Old Millionaire
- What I've Learned From One Year of Blogging
- The Worst Investment Ever: How I Lost $10,000 Catching a Falling Knife
- Self Authoring Review: Sorting Myself Out With Dr Jordan Peterson
- Living The 4 Hour Work Week (How Tim Ferriss Created a Monster)
- The Barbell Strategy: How Not to Be a Starving Artist
- One Year Traveling Asia with a 22 Litre Day Pack
- Hiking the Himalayas in Flip-Flops
- Throw Away Your Television
- Chiang Mai on the Cheap: Living on Less Than $500 a Month
- The 100 Books Challenge (A Love Letter to Reading)
- The Portable Travel Gym that Fits in Your Pocket
- How a Billionaire Taught Me to Invest Using the Force
- What Does $8 Buy You in Thailand? A Day in the Life
2016
- The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2016
- Getting Rid of All Your Stuff Feels Like Taking a Big, Dreamy Dump
- How to Become an Investor: An Animated Guide for Beginners
- Net Worth Tracking: The No-Bullshit Metric For Financial Success (Free Spreadsheet)
- 100+ Money Saving Tips to Slash Your Spending
- How I Got Bigger, Stronger and Leaner Eating 222 Large Pizzas In a Row
- How to Save $100,000 by Age 25