4 days agoMember-onlyHow To Tackle Anything: Idea to Completion (chart & video tutorial included)Inspired by Van Neistat’s original concept, “Why Veteran-Artists… — Life Lessons1 min readLife Lessons1 min readHow To Tackle Anything: Idea to Completion (chart & video tutorial included)Inspired by Van Neistat’s original concept, “Why Veteran-Artists…----
5 days agoMember-onlyLittle Donny Doesn’t Have Much of a Future in America. He’s Hopeless.A Storybook Intro to Donny’s World: The Reality Kids Face Growing up in the United States Today — Little Donny’s parents don’t mislead or sugarcoat life. So Donny lives in a reality most older people didn’t experience. The other kids grew up thinking they could do anything and that nothing would hold them back.Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Nov 5Member-onlyDire Warnings in Movies that Americans have Recklessly Ignored“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — for ever.” — George Orwell, 1984 — Western society has become a pre-dystopia. The downward death spiral of the dream of democracy, has dealt a lasting blow to hope for progress and the public’s faith in government. This spells doom for those who can accept the truth. It wasn’t always like this. Society has always had problems…Life Lessons10 min readLife Lessons10 min read
Nov 4Advertised to Death in America: a Medium ShortSeriously, we’re fucking commercialized and monetized in every way, from every angle, dry-screwing us until we buy their lubricant! — A long time ago, the media, Television and Radio were all transmitted via “public airways” freely distributed to the public. They started adding “commercials” soon after. People got used to commercials interrupting TV and Radio. Over time, private interests convinced the government and the public to create “cable TV” that…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Oct 21Member-onlyHow To Improve Your Lifestyle & Reduce Spending During End-Stage Capitalism (2023)Escape plans for westerners to keep their economic heads above water amid the rising tides of inflation and the decline of the west. — Don’t worry, this piece starts off a little gloomy but ends up pleasantly surprised. What I am about to share isn’t easy to handle for most people. …Travel10 min readTravel10 min read
Oct 12Member-onlyVote Shaming & Election BullyingSaying “this election might be our last” or “this is the most important election in your lifetime” or “people died so you can vote” is total bullshit! — Vote shaming and election bullying is when you post something threatening that makes unsubstantiated claims that if everyone doesn’t vote something terrible will happen. Which suggests that if everyone voted something good will happen — despite historic evidence that good things aren’t happening and haven’t happened since the 80s.Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Sep 28Member-onlyWhy You Should Retire In Thailand Right Now (2022)The 6 most important reasons why Thailand is ideal for retirees and expats in 2022 & 2023 — In this article I’ll cover some of the reasons why Thailand is ripe for those who are able to retire there right now. …Retirement15 min readRetirement15 min read
Sep 9Member-onlyI Quit Watching TV back in 2013: This is What I Have Been Watching InsteadMy bizarre, curated list of random YouTube channels — hidden gems, great wisdom, creative inspiration, and some strange stuff you’ll have to see to believe — that’ll get you hooked too! — I spent the pandemic lockdown doing mostly two things; watching YouTube videos and building a camper van out of a cargo van. How I Spent My Pandemic Downtime Building a Campervan in 2020 When Covid-19 forced me to shelter-in-place I took advantage of the downtime, paid in cupcakes and beer for help, and…medium.comYou Tube11 min readYou Tube11 min read
Sep 5Member-onlyNormalizing Poverty in America: Living a Decent, Dignified Life is Now a Luxury Most Cannot AffordWe’re already stretched too thin and living on the edge of disaster in a broken society that’s ready to collapse — we simply can’t cut back any more. — The adage of the Middle Class turns out to be nearly impossible to achieve for most people after the 80s. And the American Dream has been a fairytale told to unsuspecting kids to keep them working hard for other people all their lives. But we’re WAY BEYOND that now. …Poverty4 min readPoverty4 min read
Aug 1Member-onlyAlternative Housing & Lifestyle Options for the Coming CollapseVanlife, geoarbitrage, digital nomading, narrowboating, sailing, buying the farm, Couchsurfing, McCandlessing It! — Now that the SHIT has hit the fan, WTF are we going to do to survive? Wait, what? Yes, the proverbial shite has hit the fan all over the world. The media just isn’t admitting it. The governments of the world are doing their best to limit how much we know about it. It’s now a reality that housing is completely unaffordable for the majority of…Housing13 min readHousing13 min read
