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TV wriggles into our heads and changes our brain function, our reward systems, our moods.

The northern Thai city of Chiang Mai is becoming my home base in between adventures.

Getting started with investing is easy, and anyone can do it!

I read exactly one generalist nonfiction book all year, and fell in love with the short story instead.

Gray matter lurches and heaves, while my few remaining brain cells huddle under the kitchen table.

I mentally categorised keto as just another trendy, stupidly-restrictive diet.

My initial impulse was to delete the blog, de-list the book, and generally disappear quietly into the ether.

Over the last couple of years, my reading time has mostly been chewed up by research for my own book.

The modern practice of frugality has become a funhouse-mirror perversion of the original virtue.

At the risk of offending my favourite productivity pornographers, most of what is written about note taking spectacularly misses the point.

The magic happens in the nooks where ideas collide and fuse, but we have to create the right conditions for recombination.

First, work your butt off to get some momentum behind you.

According to Humphrey Bogart, the only good reason for making money is “so you can tell any son-of-a-bitch in the world to go to hell”.

When I see an overweight person slogging away on the treadmill next to me, I think to myself: that person is a goddamn hero.

Trying to appeal to everyone at once is the death knell for writing, art, business, even dating.

For a refresher on the importance of fuck-you money, go peel off a $100 bill, and subject yourself to the silent, brooding judgment of Benjamin Franklin.

Only psychopaths do 1000 crunches before breakfast.

Staying fit on the road is a challenge, but I’ve found a way to cram an entire travel gym into my pocket: A simple deck of playing cards.

I not only survived the pizza diet, but somehow ended up in the best shape of my life.

If it costs nothing at all to mitigate a small chance of a big risk, then do it!

I didn't get to ask David Booth to weigh in on the Han vs Greedo controversy, but our conversation was still among the most life-changing I’ve ever had.

The proverbial drunk searches for his keys under the streetlight, despite having lost them out in the darkness.

‘Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven’ is the unofficial motto of freelancers and entrepreneurs.

Free and cheap activities are just as fun as their spendy alternatives, and might even accidentally make you a better human being in the process.

When you measure cost of living against quality of life, Medellín is a bargain.

After tracking all my expenses, I calculate that my lifestyle has inflated by 1.25x this year.

Of all the books I read this year - curated by Deep Dish readers and other people of impeccable taste - these are the cream of the crop.

See also: Rasping dead skin off your feet, taking a tactical spew during a big night out, or achieving inbox zero.

Figuring out your net worth is a huge eye-opener.

After many years as a personal finance columnist, I’ve distilled the very best articles into this collection of more than 100 money saving tips.

Every morning I roll out of bed and ask myself, ‘What should I do today?’

While I was chuffed with hitting my $100,000 goal, I found out an old school friend had managed to become a millionaire at age 24.

I’ve been wandering around Asia and the Indian subcontinent for almost two years now with a pack that weighs in at 15 pounds.

Even after six months, I'm still gobsmacked by how cheap Chiang Mai is.

The blog has entered the terrible twos!

Reading books is the single most powerful way to improve your life, which is why I'm taking on the 100 books challenge - and why you should join me.

After much trial-and-error, here are my 10 guiding principles for reading 100+ books a year.

Once again, I’ve got an entire year’s worth of spending data spread out in front of me.So, how’d I do this time?

Of the 100+ books I read this year - curated by Deep Dish readers and other people of impeccable taste - these are the cream of the crop.

After four trips in as many years, I’ve got enough spending data for a detailed breakdown on the delightfully low cost of living that Bali has to offer.

One of my 2017 goals was to try and maintain a flâneur lifestyle while living on less than $10,000.

During the 1000 years Fry spent as a human popsicle, the interest on his bank balance of 93c compounded into the staggering sum of $4.

The iPhone really has changed my life.

After posting my ultralight packing list, I got some queries about what a similar set-up might look like for female travelers.

Travel presents a never-ending stream of problems to be solved: Which one of God’s creatures is staring up at me from my bowl, and what’s that wobbly pink bit?

The first stage of being a solo traveler is fear.

"Where’s your bag?"

When my friends visited, they roasted me mercilessly over my striking resemblance to Christian Bale in The Machinist.

It’s been another self-indulgent year of funemployment, which means I’ve had time to read to my heart's content.

One year ago, a squalling infant entered the world, confused and alone.