It may be time to release you inner shark — I suspect I’m in the minority when I say that I invest mostly for the fun of it. Ever since I got started as a teen, people have been patting me on the back for the ‘sacrifice’ I made and the ‘discipline’ I’ve shown. …

Avoiding Mistakes and Capitalising on Trends — The world of investment and passive income have never been so unreliable and difficult to nail down as the years following the start of the pandemic. Unlike other times of financial distress such as the housing market crash, markets aren’t following a single trajectory. Shares are up, down, and all…

Your influence could be worldwide — I’m a teacher who uses Medium as a course-writing tool when designing content for my Chinese students.. Don’t worry, I have good reasons – and a point. I live and work in Shanghai, and I begin all of my classes with a frank and open conversation about how everyones weeks…

I was not prepared for this — I’m someone who’s always loved food, and I eat a lot of it. I’ve never been big enough to attract much scorn, but that’s most likely because I stand at 6’ 3”, which is a height that usually makes a lot of weight seem proportional to the height. If I’m…

You’re ruining it for the rest of us — Once the trendy diet of the town, the ketogenic diet, over the past year, has seen an increase in the number of sceptics who call out the high fat, low carb diet as dangerous, short-sighted, and ultimately deadly. An unprecedented number of stories such as “my cousin was hospitalised!” And…

I’m not talking about exploitative content mills — While the golden days for Medium as a vehicle for earning sizeable royalties may be in the past, it doesn’t mean that earning royalties from posting content elsewhere is out of the question. I know a lot of people write passionate articles about continuing to write on Medium entirely for…

Something I never thought I’d see — Tension here in Shanghai is threatening to boil over as residents in apartment complexes all around Xuhui (a district within Shanghai) begin to walk out together in protest of the mandatory lockdowns that continue to be enforced across the city. It has been over two months since the Shanghai Government…

An examination of Disney and its relationship with world cultures — Moon Knight, Marvel’s latest offering dropped on Disney+ on March 30th of this year to a lot of acclaim. As of the time of writing, it’s sitting at 87% on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 92%. Unlike a lot of other Marvel soundtracks, Moon Knight stands out for…

Is it something you’d try? — I’ve been feeling encouraged this week about the prospect of developing an income stream via Skillshare.com. I’ve been watching the incredible journey of my mother who, after contributing almost monthly for a year, is now earning thousands of dollars per month without posting any new classes. Is Skillshare special? Or…