I concluded my (first) trip to Mexico City last Sunday, arriving here in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah staying at my friend Ari’s childhood home. Even after two months I felt a bit of sadness in leaving CDMX; I was missing out on major items on my list of things that I wanted …
CDMX and Routines Update
I’ve been in Mexico City for a little over a month now, but it feels much longer. The city sparks an insatiable curiosity to understand and explore it, but it feels impossible to grasp it all, a similar feeling I had in New York City when I had summer internships in my youth. I never …
In Mexico City
I’m going to start this post with my thoughts from 1.5 weeks ago when I started my pre-trip blog, but never finished it: “I’m unbelievably excited and ready to go to Mexico City. I leave this coming Friday, and I’m staying until June 1 at a minimum. I would say for the majority of trips …
Studying (a little) Spanish
In an ironic twist, I often fantasize about spending my days writing, yet I have a hard time doing this blog on a regular basis. That often helps abate my fomo and gets me back to my main objectives for the year. I’m still focused on my health and building up my trading operation, even …
Back to Isabela
It’s been a good few weeks here in Puerto Rico. I finally built enough confidence in my stock trading algorithms; confident that they will run automated and make essentially no mistakes, and confident that they will earn expected value. The markets have coincidentally been behaving oddly since I got things running, but I made money …
Work, Work, Work (plus some fun)
Welcome back everyone, I’m finishing my procrastination for the weekend and getting to my blog now. My Sunday morning today was like the past 7 days, grinding away on different trading ideas I have, but fortunately my girlfriend suggested we go paddle-boarding in the lagoon near us, and I spent some time in the ocean …
Busy Weeks of Research
It feels good to get a blog post out after the past two weeks. Imagine you’re at the airport in Detroit, Michigan, and your final destination is a small town in New Zealand. You have multiple connections, several days of traveling, and the necessity of dealing with Covid regulations in every country that you enter …
Mini Post Extra Pics
I got back a few days ago from a mid-week trip to Isabela here in Puerto Rico. My girlfriend and I stayed at one of the best hotels I’ve ever been to, The Royal Isabela. The food was so-so, the service was decent, but the serenity of the property, the rooms, and the private beach …
Basic Week
Good afternoon from Puerto Rico. We've had a streak of amazing weather, and today is beautiful again. I remember when I first moved to Los Angeles from Chicago and thought that winter couldn’t be any better. Being able to comfortably go for a night swim or lounge outside without a jacket in the winter here …
Back to Work
Another solid week here in PR. I was all excited to blog about it yesterday (Sunday) morning, but I went paddleboarding, had a great coffee, started reading, and then it was evening. I’m currently in the middle of my normal “workday”, but getting this out felt more important than my immediate research. When reflecting on …
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