It’s a sunny day as always here in beautiful Medellin, Colombia. I missed my Sunday blogging session, but that tends to happen when I’m “on vacation”. I’m visiting my friend Ari for a week who is learning Spanish via immersion/classes. I am also surrounded by Spanish in Puerto Rico, but my Spanish progress with no …
New Schedule for Productivity
Great week here in Puerto Rico. My friend Ian, from my olden days of equity options trading in Chicago, visited for half of the week. It’s crazy that I’ve been out of that business for almost a decade now. He was one of my main mentors at Third Millennium Trading, allowing me to use his …
A Humbling Week
I try and keep my blog pretty realistic, so I would feel remiss if I didn't detail a down week for me. Between moving around again in Puerto Rico (my old place took half of the week to get water turned back on, and my temporary apartment's power went out) and the craziness in the …
Back in Merica (sort of.. PR)
I got back to Puerto Rico two days ago after what felt like a much longer than six-week trip to Europe. Feels great to be back. I got a little surprise upon returning to my apartment: my internet and water were not working, which seemed like not that big of a deal until I realized …
Last Week in Europe
I've been on an erratic blogging schedule, and an erratic life schedule in general. I realized that my bedtime (and waking time) creeps up if left unchecked. This is fine for a day or two, but I've slowly went from going to sleep in Europe at 10 pm, to 11pm, 12 am... and this past …