When I tell people I plan on leaving the United States I get two types of responses: incredulity or affirmation. The people that are incredulous don’t want to accept that anyone would want to move outside of the United States. After all why would anyone want to leave the greatest country on earth? I often…
Financial Regrets: Failed Expats
I spend a bit of time now researching international destinations for where we’ll retire. The best way I have found to do this is to hear from people who’ve actually done it and follow them on their journey. My first resource for this is YouTube followed by Reddit and then blogs or other websites. Please…
Demographic Crisis In The United States?
I’ve been reading and researching demographics given the current administration is keen on trying to incentive people to have kids. On my wife’s side of the family, I have 4 nieces/nephews. On my side of the family, I have zero. From a total of 8 siblings (mine and my wife’s) only 4 nieces/nephews were produced….
Which Countries Are The Safest In The World?
I just got back from a month long trip in Asia and I had a great time visiting a few countries there. I was impressed with so many things and my expectations were exceeded in many ways but the most impressive was how safe many places were during my visit. One of the reasons I…
De-Cluttering & What To Do With Stuff?
I’ve watched quite a few YouTube videos and even asked AI what the best way is to de-clutter my house and while the info has helped, it still seems to be taking a lot longer than I had hoped. With our kids now adults and our daughter announcing that she did not want to manage…
Poverty & Mental Health
When you live long enough, you get to a point where you’ve mostly “seen it all” and after having lived five decades and met, worked and friended thousands of people, I have come to some conclusions about poverty. But before we get to that, I asked AI to give me a list of reasons for…
Happy Mother’s Day
To all the moms out there, Happy Mother’s Day!
TV Characters & Personal Finance
Once again, I have been having a retrospective look at my life and went back, way back to my childhood and watching episodes of Gilligan’s Island. As I recalled the TV show, it reminded me of how often TV characters are a reflection on society at that current point in time. It got me thinking…
What Does Quality of Life Mean To You?
I asked AI what quality of life means to most people and here is what I got. I agree with the list although I think it left quite a few things out. But the point is to have an understanding of what your quality of life ecosystem is so that you can perform a comparative…
The Book of Life – Chapter 9
AI is simply amazing. I intended titling this post, “I have no desire for material things anymore” and write about where I feel I am in my stage of life but it got me thinking so I decided to have a conversation with AI. The conversation led to creating the table of contents below about…