The dark side of FIRE

 

There have been interesting learnings this week. My channel gets the most subscribers on Sunday nights, so I have to queue the most interesting video to show over the weekends. This means the meaningful stuff for beginners on CPF, FIRE, and investing lessons must be prepared before Friday.

In other news, I have successfully run an AI class for two primary school kids, which means that we have succeeded in getting our foot in the door for enrichment events. In hindsight, my marketing channels are weak, so my priorities are to refine the product and organise through the larger tuition centres in the future to get a bigger primary school class. Like in any new business venture, I will spend most of the time learning new things, but most importantly, I have not spent any money.

Finally, I started on insulin injections. My regimen is quite harsh with one jab of slow-acting insulin in the morning and then a jab before breakfast and dinner. The pain of the injections is negligible as pinching my flab is worse, but I'm struggling with hunger pangs the whole day, and it'll be a miracle not to gain weight over the next few months. I'm introducing a fibre biscuits and apricots diet to staff to remove hunger, but it feels like eating cardboard the whole day. 

My only consolation is that it might lengthen my life so that I can witness a CPF-LIFE payout before I leave this world.  

Enjoy this video on the Dark side of FIRE. I think I published the most concrete and real critique of early retirement so far because I lived through it.