Ikigai is a Japanese concept that means “a reason for being.” The concept can be illustrated with a venn diagram consisting of four circles. What you LOVE What you are GOOD AT What you can be PAID FOR What the world NEEDS 1+2 = Passion 1+4 = Mission 2+3 = Profession 3+4 = Vocation 1+2+3 = Satisfaction, but feeling of uselessness 1+2+4 = Delight and fullness, but no wealth 1+3+4 = Excitement and complacentcy, but sense of uncertainty...
I advocate for low-cost index funds from Vanguard (read more). I rarely pick individual stocks because of the risk and time required to research. This has been a crazy year and the market inefficiencies are too much to ignore. I placed a few small bets back in April: American Express Cincinnati Insurance Southwest Airlines Cloudflare Store Capital Corporation Free stock trading has been the industry standard for brokers since last year....
I like how different the design of the Tesla Cybertruck is when compared to traditional pickup trucks which have not changed their look for decades. Tesla is polarizing and being unconventional is not easy. I generally side with the disruptors—I guess that makes me a fanboy of Tesla. I tuned in for the live unveiling of the Cybertruck last night at 11:00 PM ET. My first reaction was a smile. “They built a tank!...
Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, was a pioneer of mutual funds. His advice inspired a large community of investors. In his book, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, he shows the path to making sound investments in the stock market. Stock market investment returns are based on three categories: Dividends Earnings growth Differences in price-earnings ratios Mutual funds that track an index like the S&P 500 (five hundred large companies on the stock exchanges in the U....
Maybe I wish I got more? I researched cryptocurrency in early 2017 and I set up a wallet to store my first Bitcoin. The idea of decentralized currency created a media buzz that turned the focus to the exchange rather than the blockchain technology itself. New “companies” popped up all over with their ICO (Initial Coin Offering)—remember those?! BTC is now valued ~$10k—over 2x its value from earlier this year and 10x from when I got my first coin....
Software I run Arch Linux with i3 window manager and no desktop environment. Arch is a rolling release Linux distro with a strong community and thorough documentation. Manjaro with GNOME or XFCE is a good option for users who prefer pre-installed software. I prefer a minimal and modular system built from (nearly) the ground up. Ranger is my file manager, Rofi is my application launcher, and Vim is my text editor....