This is going to be a short post. I was on vacation for most of August and while I continued to take my medication I didn’t lose any weight. That’s partly good news because we were eating out every single day for most of the month and I had little control over food options. The…
Category: Personal Management
European Vacation Cost $23,000
My wife and I went on a European vacation for August. We visited three countries by plane, train, automobile and ship. I haven’t actually added up all the cost of the trip and I probably won’t do it but a good estimate for business class flights from the U.S. to our first stop, hotels, cruise…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – July Edition
I have now completed six months on Zepbound. Initial results the first 6 months were great, I lost 21.2 lbs. In July, I had to travel for work then vacation and while I still kept taking the medication, I had little control over my food/dining environment so my weight loss slowed. Staying in hotels with…
How I’m Conquering Inflammation & Back Pain
I’ve had periodic lower back pain for 3 decades now. I’ve gone to doctors, therapists, chiropractors, and masseuses to help find the cause or alleviate the pain but the pain has rarely gone away until now. So what was the magic trick? Tiny Health I wrote about starting a journey into a parallel medical ecosystem…
Diversification Is A 2024 Theme: Banking, Health, Tech, Everything
Literally a little over a month ago, I wrote a post titled, “Banking Diversification & Frozen Funds” warning of the dangers of putting all your “eggs in one basket” and this week we’ve had total chaos with airlines, banks, hospitals and just about any thing else that runs on a computer because of too much…
Will Boomers Moving Overseas Ruin Low Cost Options?
I came across this article on Yahoo Finance entitled, “Boomers are leaving America to retire abroad in droves because the U.S. is just too expensive” and my immediate thought was will they ruin the whole point of moving overseas? According to the article, there were 400,000 people receiving social security overseas in 2000 and that…
Are You Prepared For A Lost Decade?
The stock market has been on a seemingly never ending tear. It’s given people a sense that nothing can go wrong and the market will always go up but there is a precedent for a potential lost decade. From 2000 to 2009, the S&P 500 (via SPY) returned -39.53% and while after 2009 things lost…
Book Review: The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
I’ve been researching places to retire overseas and part of that research is to understand the culture and compatibility we (wife and I) may have with different countries. To that end, I picked up a copy of Erin Meyer’s “The Culture Map” to understand what we may encounter in different parts of the world. It’s…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – June Edition
I’ve gone backwards with Zepbound. I had to travel two weeks for work and while I still took my Zepbound, I was in business meeting that often ended with a business dinner at some fancy restaurant. While I mostly ate salads and refrained from any alcohol, I still managed to gain about 4 pounds during…
Going On Vacation
I have had a tough time with all the travel for work so I am taking a vacation and won’t be posting until I get back in mid July. I’ve been living out of a suitcase for two weeks and now I need time to decompress. In the meantime, if you need something to read…