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Notes on a free life

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Past issues

30 issues sent so far, translated into English. Click a title to read it

#30 ・ 2026-06-05

Don't Force Your Idea of Happiness onto Someone Else's Life

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#29 ・ 2026-05-28

Stock Prices Are So High — Is It Still OK to Buy?

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#28 ・ 2026-05-14

You're Lying

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#27 ・ 2026-04-30

Dopamine Doesn't Want You to Be Happy

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#26 ・ 2026-04-16

Earning NT$330,000 a Month — What Are You Crying About?

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#25 ・ 2026-04-09

A 600% Gap in One Investment Taught Me Three Rules of Investing

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Show 24 earlier issues
  1. #24The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Living a Life Without Regret2026-04-03
  2. #23Life Is a Long, Continuous Accumulation2026-03-27
  3. #22The Happiest Man in the World2026-03-20
  4. #21The Compound Effect: A Gratitude Journal2026-03-11
  5. #20Three Things That Moved Me to Tears in One Day: The Cat Who Lived a Million Times, the Pale Blue Dot and Ne Zha2026-03-04
  6. #19Invest NT$5,000 a Month and You Could Be a Hundred-Millionaire2026-02-25
  7. #1812 Weeks of OMAD (One Meal a Day) | Start with Why | The Psychology of Money2026-02-10
  8. #17Efficiency Is the Enemy of Awareness | An App That Helped Me Quit Social Media2026-02-03
  9. #16Effortless | How to Keep Creating | The Almanack of Naval Ravikant2026-01-27
  10. #15I Lifted 713 Tonnes Last Year: My 2025 Exercise Report2026-01-20
  11. #14My Digital Detox Experiment | Atomic Habits2026-01-12
  12. #13The 12 Week Year | Updates to the FIRE University Community2026-01-05
  13. #12A Time Capsule Video: My New Year Gift for 20252025-12-30
  14. #11People Who Stop Learning Don't Stand Still — They Get Dragged Along by the World and Other People's Expectations2025-12-29
  15. #10Not Everyone Is Cut Out to Be a Digital Nomad, but Everyone Should Have a Way Out2025-12-22
  16. #9Digital Nomading in Kanazawa, Japan (Part 1)2025-12-15
  17. #8Digital Nomading in Kanazawa | The Psychology of Money | Three Weeks of Fasting2025-11-30
  18. #7My Fasting Experiment | The Five Types of Wealth | How to Think About a Market Correction2025-11-21
  19. #6Buffett's Last Shareholder Letter | Trying One Meal a Day | Man's Search for Meaning | Ikigai2025-11-14
  20. #5Productivity Heat Maps | Long-Term Buying | 17 Books Recommended by World-Class Performers | Don't Want to Go to Work Lab2025-11-07
  21. #4Document, Don't Create? | Tools of Titans | The Old Road Won't Take You Somewhere New2025-10-31
  22. #3Is Self-Discipline an Illusion? The ONE Thing | The Writing Framework I Built from 30,892 Words | Episode 46 Interview2025-10-24
  23. #2Your FIRE Life Weekly Is Here2025-10-17
  24. #1Impostor Syndrome Almost Beat Me2025-10-11

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