Lifestyle

Lifestyle discussion and advice.
Jan
30
Location arbitrage and the cost of living

Location arbitrage and the cost of living

Lately, I've been thinking more about where we choose to live and how that affects our cost of
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Oct
23
99th post and updates on my health and bookstore ideas

99th post and updates on my health and bookstore ideas

It's still a bit difficult for me to believe, but I will have written a blog post every
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Oct
14
Time management from a chronic procrastinator

Time management from a chronic procrastinator

I think one of my main weaknesses is my propensity to put things off indefinitely, or until the last minute
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Sep
25
Accidentally losing 5kg

Accidentally losing 5kg

My apologies for the clickbaity title. I thought it would be fun to do this once in a while. :) So
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Sep
22
Getting rid of stuff

Getting rid of stuff

We have a hard time throwing things away because studies have shown that negative emotions associated with the loss of
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Sep
19
My games of choice

My games of choice

Since yesterday, when I wrote about 剧本杀, I've been thinking about which games I have chosen to play
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Sep
11
The carbohydrates conspiracy

The carbohydrates conspiracy

Last night, I discovered how difficult it was to find a restaurant meal without white carbohydrates. These past few weeks,
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Aug
29
Best dim sum restaurants in Shanghai

Best dim sum restaurants in Shanghai

Today is my weekly day off from dietary restrictions, so I went with my family to a Cantonese dim sum
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Aug
24
Unproductive pursuits

Unproductive pursuits

I think that not everything we do need to be “productive” in the conventional sense. To me, part of the
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Aug
21
Controlling our time

Controlling our time

I think the degree of control we have over ourselves, our environment, and our time is the single most accurate
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