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Androgen Deficiency: Six Month Follow Up

A while back, I posted about my problems with Androgen Deficiency. This seldom-diagnosed problem affects a lot of middle-aged men, and can really make a mess of your life. It has been almost six month since that post, and a lot has happened. This seems like a good time for a follow-up report.

NOTE: For the basics of Androgen Deficiency and how it impacts guys, please check out my previous post@@@.

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#Androgen Deficiency #Better Health #Expect Problems #Masculinity

Wealth Building Habits for a Freer Tomorrow

#habits #wealth building

Five Cryptos to Know for a Freer Tomorrow

Like it or not, if you want to be freer tomorrow, you will need some form of money. The newest forms of money to appear on the scene are cryptocurrencies (cryptos for short). An all-digital alternative to cash, they have been all over the news recently. You’ve probably heard of Bitcoin, the first, most popular and best known cryptocurrency. But the crypto world is now much more than just…

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#cash #cryptocurrency #cryptos #money

Site Redesign - Comments Welcome!

Site Redesign – Comments Welcome!

I’ve been working on a site redesign for a couple of weeks now. I have been learning a lot about using custom themes for another project and decided to apply what I have learned to this site as well. I also wanted a logo that exemplified the core “freer tomorrow” theme of the site. After some trial and error, and some custom CSS work by my daughter, I think it is ready to go.

What do you think of…

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#site upgrade

The Expat Life: Dishonest Salesmen and Unexpected Costs

Let’s talk about the expat life again. While there are many positives to starting over in a new country, there are negatives as well. Two of them are dishonest salesmen and unexpected costs.

Dishonest Salesmen

Wherever you go in the world, you will find dishonest salesmen. I’m sure you’ve experienced sharp sales pitches that leave out inconvenient details. And you’ve probably had salesmen lie…

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#Ecuador #expat life #expatriation #Expect Problems

Androgen Deficiency: A Growing Problem for Aging Men

In my last post, I said I would talk about a hormone problem I am having. Its name is, “Androgen Deficiency.” It affects many aging men, particularly those of us who grew up in the USA. It is seldom diagnosed. It makes your life suck. And there’s a good chance it will affect you too (if it isn’t already).

Something Was Not Right

I am 58 now. Several years ago, I realized that something was not…

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#Androgen Deficiency #Better Health #Expect Problems #Masculinity

Leaning Into it Once Again

It seems that the universe is completely oblivious to the pathetic plans of us mere mortals. Back in early July, my life seemed to have settled into a regular routine again. I was looking forward to getting lots of work done and making real progress on my plans for my life.

Then my wife needed an entire week’s worth of medical testing before “minor” surgery. The surgery turned out to be not so…

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#Bad Stuff Happens #Lean Into It

Nootropics: Better Living Through (Neuro) Chemistry

Nootropics is a strange-looking word that most people have never heard before. But the word nootropics refers to a topic that you will want to understand if you want to live better in the future.

In this post, I will give you the rundown on this very important topic. I’ll also talk a bit about my own experience with some nootropics.

No matter what your vision of a freer tomorrow, I doubt it…

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#Freedom #getting productive #Huperzine #Modafinil #Motivation #Rhodiola

Can Pomodoro Technique Make You More Productive?

It has been a while since I last made a post in this productivity series. The Pomodoro Technique, created by Francesco Cirillo, has been around for a long time. I have been using the basic to boost my writing productivity for more than a year. But I knew there was more to it than I was using. So I put off writing this post until I read Cirillo’s book, “The Pomodoro Technique.”

Would the rest of…

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#getting productive #Motivation #pomodoro

To Become More Productive, Stop Working

A lot of getting productive has nothing at all to do with your work. Think about it. We’re not machines. If we don’t take care of ourselves in general, we are going to be a lot less effective at anything we do.

This simple fact was brought home to me last night. I am in a Thursday night pool league, and have been doing very well. But yesterday, I suffered a mild case of food poisoning after…

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#Better Health #Freedom #getting productive #Motivation

Productivity Power-Ups: Planning & Pareto Principle

Let’s add some more tips and techniques for getting productive. Today, we have these two Productivity power-ups to discuss:

The Pareto Principle

Planning Ahead

As in the previous post, we will cover these two techniques in some detail. This should be more useful than giving you a list full of one-liners like, “Plan ahead to stay organized” and so on. Since getting productive is the goal, let’s…

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#Freedom #Planning for Freedom #Productivity

More Ways to Eliminate Distractions

After my last post I realized that I failed to cover two more ways to eliminate distractions. The first is something that I have experience with. The other I have not tried, but many successful people seem to do it regularly.

So check out two more ways to eliminate distractions. We’ll move on to other types of tips in the next post.

Clean Your Workspace

When I first read about this tip, it…

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Getting Productive Again When You are Stuck

Unless you are independently wealthy, being freer tomorrow requires a way to make money. But if you are like me, you sometimes get stuck. This article is designed to help you get unstuck.

The last few months have been a tough time for getting work done. Between moving, spending 10 days in the USA taking care of my Mom’s estate, visiting my daughter, and getting married, it has been tough to…

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#Do Not Disturb #getting productive #Motivation

The Expat Life: Lying Landlords

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big advocate of expatriation from expensive, unhealthy, collapsing locations like the European Union and the United States. But every part of the world has its benefits and drawbacks. Here in Ecuador, one of the biggest drawbacks is lying landlords. I’ve had 9 or 10 landlords in my time in this country, and it is no exaggeration to say that half of the them…

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#expat life #expatriation #lying landlords

Geoarbitrage: The Live Here, Hire There Approach

The Live Here, Hire There approach is the third type of geoarbitrage I want to cover. This will be a short post since I have little experience with this approach myself. So…

This approach takes advantage of the fact that pay rates vary drastically around the world. Data gathered by the Gallup organizationa few years ago illustrates what I mean. It shows that in 2013, US citizens reported a median…

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#Hire There #Live Here #Personal Outsourcing

Get What You Want in Life by Visualizing Your Ideal Day

A while back we were talking about how to know what you really want in life. I said that I couldn’t give you good advice on how to figure it out. And I suggested you consult with other people who were more expert than me.

I’ve changed my mind. Sort of.

While I still don’t claim to be an expert, nor to know the best path to figuring all this out, I do want to describe one approach that has greatly…

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#Get What You Want in Life #Visualization #Your Ideal Day

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