As promised, here’s the next instalment of what I’ve learned living on less. If you haven’t yet read the prequels this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. Today I’m covering off what I’ve learned about food during my first 22 days of living on less to help raising money for highly effective poverty-alleviation …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of ‘what I’ve learned living on less‘. If you haven’t yet read the prequel and the pre-prequal this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. Today I’m covering off what I’ve learned about people during my first 21 days of living on less and raising …
It’s day 20 of my living on less challenge and so far I’ve averaged $1.79 per day for my food, taken 3 train trips and been a passenger in a car four times. I’ve raised an AUD equivalent of ~$1,140 [Update: $5,195.15 by the end of the campaign] to support some of the most effective …
As you may know, I’m living on less than $2.50 during February to raise money to help end extreme poverty. I thought I’d expand a little on who the charities are and why this matters. The charities I’m supporting are not simply band-aids. They all have a proven effectiveness in both effectively saving human lives …
For the entire month of February I’m living on less than $2.50 per day for my food because I want us to end extreme poverty. Read more here. This morning started with $0.21 of oats and I have cooked up a few meals for the week. You can check my log and calculations here. Please read about why …
Every morning I remind myself of my personal life goal, my purpose as I currently define it. So far I have only shared this goal with a few select people. When I have shared it there always seems to be a follow-up question. A question that is just as important to me as the goal. For the …
2016 has been both one of the hardest and most confronting years on some fronts but also one of the richest years for growth in my relationships, character, understanding and growth in many other things. It’s been a year of tears and a year of smiles. It’s had a rich complexity that’s essential to life. …
I’m so lucky. In fact, it could all be summed up in this very moment. Let me describe it for you… in detail. Right now I’m eating two slices of toast. One has homemade marmalade spread thick on it. This marmalade was given to me this morning by my loving grandmother who is lucky enough …
This video by Junkee about Pauline Hanson is very much worth watching. It talks about the global “they took our jobs” trend in messages around the world that if dismissed as simply racism and bigotry could actually lead to more racists and bigots getting into dangerously powerful positions. Many people feel left behind by economic …
It’s an amazing time to be alive and I’m humbled and made painfully aware of how little I understand the world and how hard it is to get inside the minds of other people… but it’s always worthwhile trying to understand things better. Here’s my roundup so far of the most interesting perspectives on Brexit I’ve read. Please …