Why So Many Millennials Are Broke
No, it’s not only because of expensive lattes and avocado toast. Growing up, some of you have probably heard stories at the dinner table from your parents, proudly exclaiming how they managed to buy their first house at age 24 while working as a highschool teacher or General Motors assemblyRead More →
Coronavirus Will Permanently Change Life As We Know It
As the world now registers over 1 million tested and confirmed COVID-19 cases, life continues to stall in unprecedented ways. Lockdowns and stay home orders continue to be administered in the majority of the world’s developed countries, and storefront/transportation businesses such as restaurants, bars, event venues, airlines, etc. continue toRead More →
Cheapest Methods for Transferring and Exchanging Money Abroad
In this post I will discuss and compare the options an expat or international nomad has at his/her disposal for transferring money across borders. As someone who just started living abroad or moving around, you may find things confusing and likely waste tens or hundreds of dollars on stupid bankRead More →
Sovereign Individual Communities
What a Time to be Alive Despite all that’s going wrong in the world today — war in Ukraine, autocratic lockdowns in China, inflation spiralling out of control crushing the middle class, invasive technological surveillance, widespread mind virus (propaganda) — we are still extremely fortunate to be alive in theRead More →
A General Overview on Income Taxes
Whether you are a digital nomad or a young college grad fresh into the “real world”, you will need to understand how taxation works at some point. Every country has its own tax guidelines, and depending on where you reside and how you generate your income, you could potentially optimizeRead More →
What is Geoarbitrage
Some readers may not be too familiar with the term “geoarbitrage” and what it refers to exactly. In this post we’ll elaborate on what geoarbitrage is in this day and age. “geo” = prefix for “the earth”, commonly relating to location “arbitrage” = (finance) the simultaneous purchase and sale of theRead More →
Hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan China
Tiger Leaping Gorge (虎跳峡) is a renowned scenic area located in the northern part of Yunnan province in southwestern China, halfway between the cities of Shangri-La and Lijiang. The gorge is a deep canyon in which flows the Jinsha River (金沙江) with violent ferocity. Jinsha is actually the name forRead More →
How to Source Products from China for Amazon FBA
I’ve been meaning to write about this topic for a while but didn’t get around to it, so finally here it is. For a lot of you fellow Millennial hustlers and nomads who want the good life, you have probably already been exposed to the business model of Amazon FBARead More →
How to Buy Bitcoin – A Beginner’s Guide
Disclaimer: everything written in this article are based on my own experience and are my own opinions, and nothing should be construed as financial advice. Always DYOR. With the world going up in flames thanks to riots and a pandemic, many fundamental economical and social problems are being exposed. AlongRead More →
How to Start a Podcast in 6 Easy Steps
I recently started doing a podcast called Millennials in China with a friend. Having gone through the entire process of setting up the podcast, I thought it would be valuable to share it here on my blog. You should consider the following things when starting a podcast: What is yourRead More →