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How many animals are dying for us?

There’s been something on my mind lately, about how much meat we’re eating, and how many animals are dying every single day because of our insatiable hunger. It’s phenomenal. I was out at a large restaurant on the weekend, and … Read more …

You have no right to not be offended

A friend of mine had a discussion with me during the week about free speech. He tried to get me to understand that sometimes suppressing free speech was a good thing. Some people might get offended at the words someone … Read more …

Monitoring the ego

Just over a week ago my wife and I went to the Gold Coast to pick up a new (used) car (that one in the picture above) and drove it back down to Canberra. It’s a lovely ride, and I’ve … Read more …

Is it pretentious to own a BMW?

Earlier this year I was talking about selling my 4WD and getting a secondhand 2003 BMW 540i for myself as a daily driver (Discovering the frugal way). It’s been on my mind quite a lot since then (the ‘law of … Read more …

Choosing to be happy

I’ve been reading a book by one of my favourite authors, James Altucher, which is called The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth. I got to a point where he talked about the 3 goals he has in life: To be … Read more …

Your story does not end here

For some people, they believe their story ends with a tragedy or failure, and they take matters into their own hands to make it real because that’s all they can see. For others, they can’t see their story continue beyond their … Read more …

So many people getting offended

I was reading an article, You Aren’t Really Offended All The Time, So Please Stop Pretending. I wanted to share it here because there’s so many people that get offended so easily and so quickly, and I think it’s so … Read more …

Discovering the frugal way

My mindset has been changing over the past few months. I’ve been seeing, reading, thinking and feeling that it’s better to save money than to spend it. In part I’m influenced by my wife’s desire to be frugal, and in … Read more …

Occasionally I’ll lapse

I made a commitment to write at least 200 crappy words a day, but sometimes ‘stuff’ happens and I can’t write 200 crappy words. Like today. A long, busy day at work, followed by dinner with some friends, followed by … Read more …