Blogs – VD

Blogs

Latest “FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early)” blogs

Why Financial Independence is really about slack (not Early Retirement)

January 25, 2026
How to Reduce Financial Stress Without Earning More (The Lifestyle Beta Approach)

January 18, 2026
The second-order effects of frugality: When saving money starts to cost you

January 17, 2026
Expense ratios for life: When frugality compounds – and when it backfires

January 6, 2026
Why FIRE Isn’t Sustainable Without Financial Slack

January 5, 2026
Why Systems Beat Motivation: A Practical Framework for Health, Wealth, and Learning

January 4, 2026
Financial Independence Without Extremes: A Sustainable Approach to FIRE

January 4, 2026
Financial Independence is a skill, not a number

December 28, 2025

Latest “Health” blogs

The Cost of Being “On” All Day: How Modern Work Overloads Your Nervous System

February 2, 2026
Breathing Exercises for Stress, Focus, and Performance: The Simplest Upgrade for Your Nervous System

February 1, 2026
How Desk Work Affects Your Nervous System: The Physical Cost of Focus

January 25, 2026
Designing a body that tolerates modern life: How to stay healthy in a sedentary, screen-based world

January 18, 2026
Training for the life you want at 60: Strength training for longevity (not just looks)

January 17, 2026
The Hidden Injuries of Sitting All Day (and How to Fix Them Early)

January 6, 2026
Why Systems Beat Motivation: A Practical Framework for Health, Wealth, and Learning

January 4, 2026
Daily mobility for joint health: Small movements that pay off for decades

January 4, 2026

Latest “Reading” blogs

Cognitive Friction: Why Some Books Change Your Thinking (and Others Don’t)

January 18, 2026
The Reading Afterlife: What to do after you finish a book to remember and apply it

January 17, 2026
Learning Like an Investor: How to Allocate Attention for Long-Term Growth

January 6, 2026
The Learning Bottleneck: Why Smart People Plateau (And How to Break Through)

January 5, 2026
Why Systems Beat Motivation: A Practical Framework for Health, Wealth, and Learning

January 4, 2026
How to Improve Focus Before Deep Work: Simple Mental Warm-Up Rituals

January 4, 2026
Just-in-time learning: Why timing matters more than volume

December 28, 2025
How to remember more of what you learn (using the Forgetting Curve)

December 27, 2025

Latest “Travel” blogs

How to Test Living in a New City: The 30-Day City Experiment Framework

February 1, 2026
Why Travel in Chapters Works Better Than Checklists

January 25, 2026
Why Comfort is a Force Multiplier for Long-Term Travel (and prevents burnout)

January 24, 2026
Mental Carry-On: How to Learn From Travel (Not Just Visit Places)

January 18, 2026
What a Solo Jungle Trek Taught Me About Self-Reliance, Energy, and Enough

January 17, 2026
The Energy Budget of Travel: How to Avoid Travel Fatigue and Explore Without Exhaustion

January 17, 2026
Designing a life that travels well: A framework for sustainable, location-flexible living

January 5, 2026
Why Repeating Destinations Beats Chasing New Ones: The Case for Slow Travel

January 4, 2026