The Newly Rich

Last time I checked in I was down 18 lbs. Today I’ve hit my milestone of turning 30 years old, and it turns out that I’m down 30 pounds. I had several pairs of pants sitting in a “to donate” box that are now back in my closet! I have this funny idea in my head that it’s important for me to hit my thirties on the right trajectory– as if being overweight as I cross out of my twenties would leave me stuck there forever. Fortunately I won’t have to find out.

My next physical goal is to get into better cardiovascular condition. I’m getting stronger and obviously losing some fat, but when I went mountain biking with my 66-year-old father this summer, he set a pace that had me sucking wind like I had emphysema. I’ll attribute at least part of it to the altitude difference, but that still shouldn’t happen to a 29-year-old.

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Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in
disaster.

– Robert Pirsig, from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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After the initial intrigue, most people that I talk to about outsourcing to a virtual assistant have one common response: “But what would I outsource?” Tim addresses this in the 4HWW book, and here are some additional thoughts based on my experience over the past couple of months.

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When compared to the cost of staying here in Chicago, our 2-month trip to Mexico this fall will only cost us $300. Here’s how we did it:

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