All Life is an Experiment — essays on optionality, money, freedom, and the good life by Richard Meadows.https://thedeepdish.org/https://thedeepdish.org/running/https://thedeepdish.org/running/YEAH SAME QUESTION AS OP. The mere existence of running as a 'hobby' has always seemed to me an affront to the dignity of mankind.Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:31:36 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/cormac-mccarthy-metaphysical-horror/https://thedeepdish.org/cormac-mccarthy-metaphysical-horror/In this last-ditch diptych, your crusty 89-year-old literary grandaddy completely changes tack, holding forth on the biggest philosophical and scientific questions of our age.Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:43:31 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/bilingual-parenting/https://thedeepdish.org/bilingual-parenting/If you think you're a decent speaker of a second language, try spending a full hour narrating a simple suburban environment to a small child.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:15:19 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/ai-doom-highlights/https://thedeepdish.org/ai-doom-highlights/My coming-out post on why I'm no longer an AI doomer seems to have struck a nerve.Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:27:57 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/ai-doom/https://thedeepdish.org/ai-doom/At the exact same time we're seeing a real-life explosion in AI capabilities, I've become much less worried about the prospect of doom. Here's why.Tue, 27 May 2025 19:14:19 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2024/https://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2024/IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS since I did one of these roundups, during which time book club has really lifted my reading game, and so the pool of contenders has a lot of depth this year.Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:34:00 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/the-bias-bias/https://thedeepdish.org/the-bias-bias/Most apparent biases are, in fact, perfectly good heuristics, and people are far more rational than we have been led to believe.Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:53:55 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/surprises-first-year-parenthood/https://thedeepdish.org/surprises-first-year-parenthood/One year ago my daughter was born. This is the single most monumental thing to ever happen to me.Fri, 19 Jul 2024 21:01:31 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/benefits-reading-fiction/https://thedeepdish.org/benefits-reading-fiction/Almost all my adult life I've been an infovore obsessed with hoovering up all the knowledge.Tue, 26 May 2026 15:35:57 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/weaponised-autism-as-the-font-of-human-creativity/https://thedeepdish.org/weaponised-autism-as-the-font-of-human-creativity/What makes humans special? How is it that we are able to unleash the energy of the atom, while our hominid ancestors gather dust in the natural history museum?Mon, 17 Jun 2024 04:31:17 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/book-review-the-beginning-of-infinity/https://thedeepdish.org/book-review-the-beginning-of-infinity/Pound-for-pound The Beginning of Infinity has to be the densest collection of batshit-crazy ideas I've ever come across.Tue, 28 May 2024 19:36:26 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/i-miss-you/https://thedeepdish.org/i-miss-you/We don't talk much these days but we go way back. So I'm feeling kinda bummed about how I permanently and irrevocably lost any way of contacting you. Whoops!Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:52:27 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2022/https://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2022/I read exactly one generalist nonfiction book all year, and fell in love with the short story instead. Here are my favourite reads.Mon, 02 Jan 2023 18:21:38 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/keto-experiment/https://thedeepdish.org/keto-experiment/I mentally categorised keto as just another trendy, stupidly-restrictive diet. Then I realised I was thinking about it wrong.Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:25:17 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/is-crypto-bullshit/https://thedeepdish.org/is-crypto-bullshit/Nothing in this arena can be taken at face value, which makes it unusually fertile ground for battle-testing your own critical thinking skills.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:59:10 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/i-atent-dead/https://thedeepdish.org/i-atent-dead/My initial impulse was to delete the blog, de-list the book, and generally disappear quietly into the ether.Tue, 09 Aug 2022 19:47:41 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2020/https://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2020/Over the last couple of years, my reading time has mostly been chewed up by research for my own book.Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:07:15 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/bitcoin/https://thedeepdish.org/bitcoin/No, not even at these apparently ridiculous prices. Not even when financial illiterates are making grandiose claims about where it'll end up.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:58:56 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/optionality/https://thedeepdish.org/optionality/What is optionality? If you want a thorough answer, check out the big juicy book I spent the last couple of years writing.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:03:04 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/happiness-problem/https://thedeepdish.org/happiness-problem/Happiness is a greased pig chase: the harder you grab at it, the more it squirms away. Here's what the happiness research gets wrong about the good life.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:58:45 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/announcing-optionality-book/https://thedeepdish.org/announcing-optionality-book/As many of you know, I've been working on a book project for the last few years.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:58:37 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/blogging-serendipity/https://thedeepdish.org/blogging-serendipity/Blogging is an endurance sport. As Deep Dish's 4th birthday approaches—a million views, a thousand comments—I have a decent sense of whether it's been worth it.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:58:29 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/make-frugality-great-again/https://thedeepdish.org/make-frugality-great-again/The modern practice of frugality has become a funhouse-mirror perversion of the original virtue. What happened?Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:44:41 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/security-audit/https://thedeepdish.org/security-audit/CLEARANCE SALE! VANS SHOES CHEAP! I was as surprised as anyone to hear that I'd pivoted from blogging to hawking knock-off footwear on Facebook.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:58:11 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/perfect-daily-routine/https://thedeepdish.org/perfect-daily-routine/'Rise and grind' posts are cringe, but let's not toss the baby out with the essential oil-infused bathwater. What can Science TM tell us about the perfect daily routine?Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:57:59 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/digital-commonplace-book/https://thedeepdish.org/digital-commonplace-book/The magic happens in the nooks where ideas collide and fuse, but we have to create the right conditions for recombination.Fri, 03 Jul 2020 21:22:57 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/how-to-read-a-book/https://thedeepdish.org/how-to-read-a-book/At the risk of offending my favourite productivity pornographers, most of what is written about note taking spectacularly misses the point.Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:26:18 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/giving-advice/https://thedeepdish.org/giving-advice/Trying to appeal to everyone at once is the death knell for writing, art, business, even dating. And it goes both ways: if you put bland, generic things into the world, that's what you get back.Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:38:15 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/roam-research-for-getting-things-done-gtd/https://thedeepdish.org/roam-research-for-getting-things-done-gtd/This is a GTD guide I wrote for the Roam Research team. There are dozens of possible implementations, each tailored to a different set of tools and preferences. This one is mine.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:57:35 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/efficient-market-hypothesis-is-not-dead/https://thedeepdish.org/efficient-market-hypothesis-is-not-dead/There are whispers that the efficient-market hypothesis is dead, or dying, or at least has a very nasty cough. But rumours of its death have been greatly exaggerated.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:57:13 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/self-experimentation-guide/https://thedeepdish.org/self-experimentation-guide/A self-experiment that doesn't generate obvious results, like taking tiny, sub-threshold doses of LSD, crosses the line into fiddling on the margin.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:57:07 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/calisthenics/https://thedeepdish.org/calisthenics/Only psychopaths do 1000 crunches before breakfast. Real calisthenics is fast, frugal, and effective strength training.Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:52:15 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/how-to-profit-from-coronavirus/https://thedeepdish.org/how-to-profit-from-coronavirus/A black swan event unleashes destruction, but also opportunity. What would it take to not only weather this situation, but profit from it?Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:56:52 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/inevitable-coronavirus-post/https://thedeepdish.org/inevitable-coronavirus-post/If it costs nothing at all to mitigate a small chance of a big risk, then do it! Ignore anyone who makes fun of you for being 'paranoid', and don't wait for permission.Sat, 28 Mar 2020 05:24:29 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/exploring-exploiting/https://thedeepdish.org/exploring-exploiting/Video games give you a clear pathway for leveling up into a muscle-bound hero, and impressing scantily-clad elven princesses with your Very Big Sword.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:56:32 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/cost-of-living-medellin-colombia/https://thedeepdish.org/cost-of-living-medellin-colombia/When you measure cost of living against quality of life, Medellín is a bargain. Here's my report on spending six months in the city.Mon, 17 Feb 2020 03:11:27 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/mental-time-travel/https://thedeepdish.org/mental-time-travel/Our meatsack bodies slavishly plod along at the precise rate of one second per second.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:56:24 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/2019-spending/https://thedeepdish.org/2019-spending/After tracking all my expenses, I calculate that my lifestyle has inflated by 1.25x this year. Honestly... I’m kind of into it.Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:28:06 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2019/https://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2019/Of all the books I read this year - curated by Deep Dish readers and other people of impeccable taste - these are the cream of the crop.Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:00:32 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/getting-to-good-enough/https://thedeepdish.org/getting-to-good-enough/Time for some Reverse Life Coaching: a shared ambition to become less ambitious. Here's the plan for reaching 'good enough' (and staying there).Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:55:50 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/an-interview-with-alain-de-botton/https://thedeepdish.org/an-interview-with-alain-de-botton/The British philosopher speaks out on the curse of fame, the cruel expectations of self-help, and why we're all "hellish propositions".Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:55:33 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/better-to-reign-in-hell-than-serve-in-heaven/https://thedeepdish.org/better-to-reign-in-hell-than-serve-in-heaven/‘Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven’ is the unofficial motto of freelancers and entrepreneurs. But escaping the tyranny of work comes at a price. Is it worth it?Sat, 29 Feb 2020 06:54:41 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/optionality-luck/https://thedeepdish.org/optionality-luck/What is optionality? My favourite tool for finding juicy asymmetries between risk and reward, and creating your own luck.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:55:16 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/make-your-own-luck/https://thedeepdish.org/make-your-own-luck/There’s no such thing as cosmic justice. But over the course of a lifetime, at least we can vaguely shuffle in the direction of getting what we deserve.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:55:08 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/same-salad-different-day/https://thedeepdish.org/same-salad-different-day/If you wear the same outfit over and over, nothing bad happens. Maybe you don’t get invited to Fashion Week. But what if you eat the same food every day?Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:54:57 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/beware-geeks-bearing-formulas/https://thedeepdish.org/beware-geeks-bearing-formulas/The history of finance is a history of brains splattered on the pavement. Just how safe is the buy-and-hold index funds orthodoxy?Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:54:47 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/stock-market-crashed-today/https://thedeepdish.org/stock-market-crashed-today/The standard line is that market crashes just don’t matter a damn if you're a long-term investor. Today, I'm no longer so sure that's true.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:54:40 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/office-hours/https://thedeepdish.org/office-hours/As it turns out, hammocks are not ergonomically designed workspaces, and sand and electronics don't play nicely together.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:54:24 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/da-nang-cost-of-living/https://thedeepdish.org/da-nang-cost-of-living/The sleepy beach town of Da Nang is an underappreciated gem, but its star seems to be on the rise. Here's what all the fuss is about...Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:54:11 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/buying-quality/https://thedeepdish.org/buying-quality/The idea that buying high-quality stuff saves you money in the long run is overrated, but there's a way to get the best of both worlds.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:54:02 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/constraints-that-liberate/https://thedeepdish.org/constraints-that-liberate/Something I’ve learned the hard way is that you can absolutely have too much of a good thing. Unconstrained freedom is, well... kind of freaky, actually.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:53:35 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/digital-minimalism-review/https://thedeepdish.org/digital-minimalism-review/Maybe you have a voice in your head that whispers ‘jump!’ every time you lean over a balcony. I have recurring fantasies of deleting my presence from the Internet and going off the grid.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:53:21 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/how-to-read-100-books-a-year/https://thedeepdish.org/how-to-read-100-books-a-year/After much trial-and-error, here are my 10 guiding principles for reading 100+ books a year. Number 7 will make you do an involuntary wee!Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:34:39 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/goals-gone-wild/https://thedeepdish.org/goals-gone-wild/There’s a huge body of evidence that goal setting works, which is why everyone refuses to shut up about it. But could it be that goals are too powerful?Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:53:09 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/2018-spending/https://thedeepdish.org/2018-spending/Once again, I’ve got an entire year’s worth of spending data spread out in front of me.So, how’d I do this time?Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:21:12 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2018/https://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2018/Of the 100+ books I read this year - curated by Deep Dish readers and other people of impeccable taste - these are the cream of the crop.Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:37:19 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/meditations-on-momentum/https://thedeepdish.org/meditations-on-momentum/First, work your butt off to get some momentum behind you. Keep a watchful eye out for entropy. Then, focus your efforts on helping other people up.Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:34:50 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/fat-people-are-heroes/https://thedeepdish.org/fat-people-are-heroes/When I see an overweight person slogging away on the treadmill next to me, I think to myself: that person is a goddamn hero.Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:34:49 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/fuck-you-money-2/https://thedeepdish.org/fuck-you-money-2/For a refresher on the importance of fuck-you money, go peel off a $100 bill, and subject yourself to the silent, brooding judgment of Benjamin Franklin.Sun, 31 May 2020 20:35:38 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/fuck-you-money/https://thedeepdish.org/fuck-you-money/According to Humphrey Bogart, the only good reason for making money is “so you can tell any son-of-a-bitch in the world to go to hell”.Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:34:49 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/two-year-blogversary/https://thedeepdish.org/two-year-blogversary/The blog has entered the terrible twos! Here’s a quick status report, a little housekeeping, then a look ahead to some new projects coming down the pike.Tue, 04 Jun 2019 04:08:51 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/wireheading/https://thedeepdish.org/wireheading/The proverbial drunk searches for his keys under the streetlight, despite having lost them out in the darkness.Sun, 22 Mar 2020 04:18:40 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/bali-on-the-cheap/https://thedeepdish.org/bali-on-the-cheap/After four trips in as many years, I’ve got enough spending data for a detailed breakdown on the delightfully low cost of living that Bali has to offer.Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:46:03 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/positive-thinking/https://thedeepdish.org/positive-thinking/If you convince yourself the Law of Attraction is true, maybe it will improve your life. Placebos can be good medicine, even if you know they’re only sugar pills… right?Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:52:35 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/the-madness-of-crowds/https://thedeepdish.org/the-madness-of-crowds/If you skip the top-tier or ‘must-do’ attraction, you will usually have a way better time at a fraction of the price.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:52:24 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/quake-books/https://thedeepdish.org/quake-books/Gray matter lurches and heaves, while my few remaining brain cells huddle under the kitchen table. When the tremors finally stop, nothing looks the same.Mon, 03 Oct 2022 02:59:38 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/futurama-compound-interest/https://thedeepdish.org/futurama-compound-interest/During the 1000 years Fry spent as a human popsicle, the interest on his bank balance of 93c compounded into the staggering sum of $4.Sun, 13 May 2018 20:39:31 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/review-life-changing-magic-tidying-up/https://thedeepdish.org/review-life-changing-magic-tidying-up/Marie Kondo—queen of decluttering, bestselling author, empire-builder—hears voices in her head.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:51:36 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/iphone-x/https://thedeepdish.org/iphone-x/The iPhone really has changed my life. I sleep with it, eat with it, make love with it.Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:52:03 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/minimalist-female-packing-list/https://thedeepdish.org/minimalist-female-packing-list/After posting my ultralight packing list, I got some queries about what a similar set-up might look like for female travelers.Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:57:53 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/what-travel-teaches-you/https://thedeepdish.org/what-travel-teaches-you/Travel presents a never-ending stream of problems to be solved: Which one of God’s creatures is staring up at me from my bowl, and what’s that wobbly pink bit?Thu, 08 Mar 2018 05:32:32 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/specialisation-is-for-insects/https://thedeepdish.org/specialisation-is-for-insects/Developing broad interests and skills not only dovetails perfectly with the frugal life, but acts as a force multiplier that propels you towards your financial goals at blistering speed.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:51:15 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/solo-traveler/https://thedeepdish.org/solo-traveler/The first stage of being a solo traveler is fear. I flew into Bangkok in the middle of a thunderstorm.Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:25:08 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/minimalist-travel-packing-list/https://thedeepdish.org/minimalist-travel-packing-list/I’ve been wandering around Asia and the Indian subcontinent for almost two years now with a pack that weighs in at 15 pounds.Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:42:03 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/post-pizza-diet-life-as-a-skinny-guy/https://thedeepdish.org/post-pizza-diet-life-as-a-skinny-guy/When my friends visited, they roasted me mercilessly over my striking resemblance to Christian Bale in The Machinist.Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:18:01 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/2017-spending/https://thedeepdish.org/2017-spending/One of my 2017 goals was to try and maintain a flâneur lifestyle while living on less than $10,000.Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:31:08 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2017/https://thedeepdish.org/best-books-2017/It’s been another self-indulgent year of funemployment, which means I’ve had time to read to my heart's content. Here's the best of the best.Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:08:41 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/advanced-investing-barbell-strategy/https://thedeepdish.org/advanced-investing-barbell-strategy/"Marry an accountant, but have occasional flings with rock stars." Nassim Taleb's barbell strategy won't improve marital harmony, but it's smart investing.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:50:42 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/best-things-in-life-are-free-essay/https://thedeepdish.org/best-things-in-life-are-free-essay/Free and cheap activities are just as fun as their spendy alternatives, and might even accidentally make you a better human being in the process.Sat, 29 Feb 2020 06:49:10 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/24-year-old-millionaire/https://thedeepdish.org/24-year-old-millionaire/While I was chuffed with hitting my $100,000 goal, I found out an old school friend had managed to become a millionaire at age 24. Here's how he did it:Thu, 26 Sep 2019 07:14:27 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/one-year-blogiversary/https://thedeepdish.org/one-year-blogiversary/One year ago, a squalling infant entered the world, confused and alone. It was ugly, weird, and coated in blood and slime. I named it ‘Deep Dish’.Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:42:06 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/catching-a-falling-knife/https://thedeepdish.org/catching-a-falling-knife/I stretched out my bandaged hand, and this time the knife took a finger off. I'm a slow learner when it comes to picking stocks, but you don't have to be.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:50:02 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/self-authoring-review-jordan-peterson/https://thedeepdish.org/self-authoring-review-jordan-peterson/Imagine your dad giving you a lecture about life, except your dad is Canadian, has an IQ of ~150, and is voiced by Kermit the Frog. That's Jordan Peterson.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:49:50 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/4-hour-work-week-review-tim-ferriss/https://thedeepdish.org/4-hour-work-week-review-tim-ferriss/The 4HWW's unintended legacy is a groundswell of self-loathing in the digital nomad community. What did Tim get right, and which parts have gone rotten?Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:49:32 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/barbell-strategy-starving-artist/https://thedeepdish.org/barbell-strategy-starving-artist/Living off ramen in your mom's basement while you wait for your genius business idea or novel to hit the big time is a dead end. It's time to get strategic.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:49:22 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/ultralight-backpacking-one-year-asia/https://thedeepdish.org/ultralight-backpacking-one-year-asia/"Where’s your bag?" "This is my bag.” "No, your proper bag." “This is my proper bag.” Confusing cabbies is only one of the many perks of ultralight travel.Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:13:12 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/hiking-himalayas-in-flip-flops/https://thedeepdish.org/hiking-himalayas-in-flip-flops/Hiking the Annapurna Circuit in New Zealand's national footwear seemed like it would be a hilarious jape. After 150km of ice, snow and scree, not so much.Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:22:24 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/throw-away-your-television/https://thedeepdish.org/throw-away-your-television/TV wriggles into our heads and changes our brain function, our reward systems, our moods. Let's pluck out the parasite, and take back control of our lives.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:48:55 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/chiang-mai-cheap-cost-living/https://thedeepdish.org/chiang-mai-cheap-cost-living/Even after six months, I'm still gobsmacked by how cheap Chiang Mai is. Here's my full cost-of-living breakdown, with savings tips for every category.Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:40:31 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/100-books-challenge/https://thedeepdish.org/100-books-challenge/Reading books is the single most powerful way to improve your life, which is why I'm taking on the 100 books challenge - and why you should join me.Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:57:15 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/travel-gym-deck-cards/https://thedeepdish.org/travel-gym-deck-cards/Staying fit on the road is a challenge, but I’ve found a way to cram an entire travel gym into my pocket: A simple deck of playing cards.Fri, 17 Apr 2020 19:18:55 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/billionaire-david-booth-invest-using-the-force/https://thedeepdish.org/billionaire-david-booth-invest-using-the-force/I didn't get to ask David Booth to weigh in on the Han vs Greedo controversy, but our conversation was still among the most life-changing I’ve ever had.Sat, 28 Mar 2020 01:27:06 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/chiang-mai-cheap-daily-life/https://thedeepdish.org/chiang-mai-cheap-daily-life/The northern Thai city of Chiang Mai is becoming my home base in between adventures. It’s charming, it’s beautiful, and it’s cheap as chips.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:48:28 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/the-best-of-the-best-books-i-read-in-2016/https://thedeepdish.org/the-best-of-the-best-books-i-read-in-2016/I knocked 65 books off my reading list this year. Most of them were great, but I've picked out the absolute crème de la crème to recommend to you.Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:34:49 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/getting-rid-of-all-your-stuff-minimalism-101/https://thedeepdish.org/getting-rid-of-all-your-stuff-minimalism-101/See also: Rasping dead skin off your feet, taking a tactical spew during a big night out, or achieving inbox zero. It's the same sort of deep satisfaction.Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:29:33 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/beginners-guide-becoming-badass-investor/https://thedeepdish.org/beginners-guide-becoming-badass-investor/Getting started with investing is easy, and anyone can do it! Come join our hero Jimmy on his epic journey from total noob to investing mogul.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:48:08 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/net-worth-tracking/https://thedeepdish.org/net-worth-tracking/Figuring out your net worth is a huge eye-opener. Grab a free copy of the net worth tracker (Excel or Google Sheets) I used to save $100,000 in just over three years.Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:20:19 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/how-to-save-money-fast-100-tips/https://thedeepdish.org/how-to-save-money-fast-100-tips/After many years as a personal finance columnist, I’ve distilled the very best articles into this collection of more than 100 money saving tips.Fri, 15 Nov 2019 06:33:36 GMThttps://thedeepdish.org/the-pizza-diet-getting-bigger-stronger-and-leaner-eating-222-large-pizzas-in-a-row/https://thedeepdish.org/the-pizza-diet-getting-bigger-stronger-and-leaner-eating-222-large-pizzas-in-a-row/I not only survived the pizza diet, but somehow ended up in the best shape of my life. 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