These are my Momentos, short personal diary entries I write daily – since 2013 – and publish monthly. Some links are affiliate links.
Momentos
Momentos – Aug 2021
1 Haven’t left Georgia since the pandemic hit. Aiming to be home in Ireland for a wedding in September, learning how challenging it is to plan travel these days. I’ve now booked 2 round trip itineraries and a 12 night stay in a quarantine hotel. Lovely. 2 The trouble with being human is that you’re …
Momentos – July 2021
1 Pleasantly surprised to see that they have a Pride Week here in Tbilisi. But unfortunately there are a bunch of protests against it, and it might escalate to violence. Imagine wanting to beat people up because they love one another. Pure madness. 2 My new thing is watching a movie or TV show and …
Momentos – June 2021
1 Growing up in Ireland it was rare enough to see lightening, maybe a few flashes a year. Here in Tbilisi we get prolonged lightening storms a few times a year, flashes every few seconds and the show can last for an hour or more. Like it did last night. 2 A few minutes to …
Momentos – May 2021
1 I’ve heard said that kids rarely listen to their parents, but they often end up imitating them. Notice it myself as I get older, patterns of behavior – some good, some bad – similar to my folks. And if you don’t break a pattern, you’ll probably pass it along. 2 Blending a jug of …
Momentos – Apr 2021
1 Haven’t left the apartment in two days. Haven’t needed to, haven’t wanted to. It’s late now, dark outside, sound of a neighbor playing piano. I should get to bed. In the morning I have to finish the newsletter then go find a wheelchair, or crutches, maybe a zimmer frame. 2 I see the Dunning–Kruger …
Momentos – Mar 2021
1 My first memory is visiting my great-grandmother in a nursing home. I would have been 3 years old at the time, she in her 80’s. I don’t remember ever meeting her again. She’d have been 18 or so during the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago. 2 Read recently about a parent who watched …
Momentos – Feb 2021
1 The older I get, the less public I want to be. Not sure why. I used to crave attention and recognition, worked hard for it. Now I’d rather stay under the radar. Give me a $100k business where I can be low key, rather than a $200k business with my face all over it. …
Momentos – Jan 2021
1 Morgan Housel with a big truth: Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works… We’re all biased to our own personal history. 2 Being grumpy is stupid. There’s no benefit to it. The person you’re grumpy with comes away thinking …
Momentos – Dec 2020
1 Two years ago today a friend jumped on a call with me and sparked the idea of eBiz Facts. So far this year the business has pulled in more than $110k in revenue with a very healthy profit margin. And the best part is that I’m just scratching the surface. (Hopefully.) 2 Message from …
Momentos – Nov 2020
1 Friend of mine used to make $20k a month doing some grey-hat SEO stuff online. Could have kept going, but didn’t feel good about it, so he quit. I respect that. $20k/month is great, but only if your conscience is clear with how you’re earning it. 2 Mark Manson wrote recently about the Law …