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Here it is! The second summary edition of my year's worth of reading. From April 2014 to March 2015, I've managed to read, and learn from, a total of 77 books. That's 144 in total since becoming truly free to pursue.
Read MoreHow about right here on earth?
Mark Watney is no normal human being. He’s a NASA astronaut, but that’s not what makes him extraordinary. He’s also an astronaut who’s been left for dead, left to fend for himself on a desolate red planet. He has to deal with the fact that he’s all alone with no way to communicate with earth. Worse even, he also has to contend with the fact that he’ll surely run out of food before a rescue mission can reach him—that is if Mars’s inhospitable environment doesn’t manage to claim him first.
What’s most fascinating about this real page-turner of a novel, is what we can learn from Mark’s adventures and how it applies to life right here on earth.
Read MoreHere it is, hot of the press. The last F2P post of 2014. And it's my year-to-date completed reading list, which now includes an additional three months of books. That's 49 so far in this second year of reading and 116 in total since becoming truly free to pursue.
Read MoreHopefully none of you, dear readers, are wanted by police. I’m certainly not trying to imply that this is the case. However, there are undeniable similarities between Free to Pursue readers—and Financial Independence (FI) seekers in general—and the beloved friendly neighbourhood serial killer we call “Dexter”.
Read MoreWhen I left my corporate job about a year and a half ago, I started reading books, gorging on books in fact. I've now read over 100 books covering a variety of areas of interest. Interestingly enough, I found that there was more to reading than, well, reading.
Read MoreIf you're a regular reader, you might have noticed fewer posts of late. It’s because I've been feeling increasingly overwhelmed and I've chosen to take a step back to reassess what I'm doing.
Read MoreAs mentioned in July, I posted my reading list from the first year away from my corporate job in April 2013 and it received so much interest that I've started to a running quarterly tally.
As stated previously, I don't necessarily endorse the books listed below. They're just the full list of what piqued my interest sufficiently to read them cover to cover.
Read MoreBack in April, I posted my reading list from the first year away from my corporate job. I thought it might be of interest, given that what I read often influences my writing and my tweets. In fact, my tweets often reference or quote what I'm reading at any given time.
Well, the previous year's list was well received, so much so that I decided to release this year's list as a running quarterly tally. I think it might be more fun that way.
Read MoreDo you recognize the following scenario?
You start working on a project or problem. It takes a bit of time, but soon enough, you are immersed in it and you are producing great work. You lose track of everything other than what you are working on: time, hunger, thirst, other commitments.
It feels incredible. However much time has gone by, you have accomplished more work in one sitting than you sometimes are able to accomplish all day, maybe even all week!
Congratulations! It means you achieved a state of "flow".
Read MoreWhen I left full-time corporate employment in April 2013, one of my main goals was to catch up on a few years of "when-I-get-to-it" reading. Well, I managed to do some major catching up, getting though 67 books in a year's time.
I thought you might be interested in seeing the full list, given that many of the books influence my choice of topics and the position I take on the issues I address.
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