“Hold Me Tight” is the new book I have just started reading this week. It’s all about being emotionally connected to your partner. I first learned about this book on the Tim Ferris podcast. I am now noticing how my…
Yesterday I took a stab at forecasting, which is part of the scenario planning exercise I wrote about earlier on this blog. I started to consider how much money is needed to make an investment in an apartment in Ireland….
I am trying to be honest or more honest that I have ever been. What I mean by this is that I am trying to say things for what I feel and I am trying to open up. I am…
I learned about scenario planning from the book I am currently reading, Thinking in Bets. It’s about pretending you have already achieved a goal that you have in mind and then walk backwards and identify the steps to get there. A…
There is a lot of hope in the new football season. This mostly comes from many teams having changed their coach: Juventus, Motta AC Milan, Fonseca Monza, Nesta Bologna, Italiano Fiorentina, Palladino Napoli, Conte Lazio, Baroni Torino, Vanoli Empoli, D’Aversa…
The plan is to move back to Italy by mid-2027 at the latest. After selling some of the apartments in Italy, the plan is to buy an investment property in Ireland. Then, making some investment in properties in Italy to…
Today has been the first day that I feel in relatively good shape since I got back from Italy. I have been going back to the gym daily since this past Monday. The strength workouts were OK but I was…
Since I came back to Ireland after my two weeks in Italy, I have been feeling more tired than usual. I tend to oversleep and my mood has been relatively low. In general, I feel very low energy. I have…
While in Italy, I had some time to reflect on the relationship with my stepdaughter. I realised that to a certain extent I was being very negative and dismissive when she was proposing something. This reminded of how my parents…
In the last two years my trips to Italy have been more stressful than usual. There are two main reasons for this: working on renovating the apartments in Chianciano and Chiusi, and dealing with my parents. Project-managing the renovation of…