If you pay close attention to television commercials or online ads, you will notice that the premise of almost all of them is deceiving. Advertising suggests that if you buy the right car, a bigger house, a new pair of shoes, (or even the right deodorant or...
Our Trusted House Sitters Review As I’m sure you’ve probably gathered by now, Jon and I like to travel a lot and people often ask me, “Who takes care of Biscuit (our rescue cat) and Angel, a.k.a. Psycho Pup (our rescued street dog) when you’re...
Spend Your Money on Something Real This week Disney announced that they were raising the price of their “Signature Plus” Annual Pass to a whopping $1,049.00 USD per person. This price increase will undoubtedly cause many people to rethink forking up more and more of...
I get a lot of people asking me to be more specific about the cost of living in Chiang Mai and what is the average monthly cost being in Chiang Mai as a retired expat. Again, as I pointed out in post about how I afford my life, the way I do things may seem...
[pullquote]”A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” – Henry David Thoreau[/pullquote] There are all kinds of minimalism and minimalist philosophies. Some people believe that in order to be a minimalist...
