•Indulge in the things you love and enjoy. Then skimp on the rest.
I turn 38 today.
Here are 38+ life lessons that helped me retire early:
•Indulge in the things you love and enjoy. Then skimp on the rest.
• There is no such thing as a perfect job, perfect house, perfect investment, or perfect fill in the blank. Just make a decision and move on.
• Time is more important than money. Health is more important than time. All are wasted if you can’t be in the present.
• Your house will never be big enough. Car will never be flashy enough. Vacations never lavish enough. Until you are OK with what you have here and now. Then it will all be enough.
• Don’t cary emotional baggage inside. Leave it outside.
• Always own your mistakes. ALWAYS. Own it. Fix it. Move on. There is no one else to blame.
• There is no such thing as an expert. And you don’t need greatness or expertise to succeed in life.
• There is no such thing as a "right way" to live life. Create your own path.
• Reading is only the second fastest way to upgrade your brain. The first is DOING the things you’re reading.
• Happiness takes work. Relationships take work. Yet, relationships improve your happiness. Still, you have to put in the work.
• Doing the right things slowly always beats doing more things faster.
• Sometimes the best way to spend your time, is to sit around doing absolutely nothing.
• Likewise, writing down a list of all the hard things you’ve been through reminds you how strong you are.
• Read to learn. Write to think. Breathe to calm. Sleep to energize. Eat to enjoy. Laugh, cry, and love for everything else.
• On the flipside of that, perfect is the enemy of done.
• Sometimes the best thing you can do is just put your head down and work.
• Don’t focus on being efficient, when you want to be effective.
• Think in decades. If I wouldn’t be ok with this in 10 years, then DON'T do now.
• Make an “automatic no” list and stick to it.
• Be insanely generous. It just feels better.
• 10% of investing is creating a plan. 90% is sticking to that plan.
• Life is too short to make a half hearted choice in any big decision. It's either a "Hell Yeah!" or a "No."
• If you are thinking about starting something. Just start. Start today and don't look back.
As a former CEO, I delve into FIRE, Enjoying Life, and Personal Growth:
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I turn 38 today.
— Accidentally Retired (@AcdntlyRetired) July 26, 2022
Here are 38+ life lessons that helped me retire early:
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Recently, the @CNIL issued a decision regarding the GDPR compliance of an unknown French adtech company named "Vectaury". It may seem like small fry, but the decision has potential wide-ranging impacts for Google, the IAB framework, and today's adtech. It's thread time! 👇
It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details): https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha
I've read it so you needn't!
Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.
The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.
Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.
It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details): https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha
I've read it so you needn't!
Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.
The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.
Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.
THREAD PART 1.
On Sunday 21st June, 14 year old Noah Donohoe left his home to meet his friends at Cave Hill Belfast to study for school. #RememberMyNoah💙
He was on his black Apollo mountain bike, fully dressed, wearing a helmet and carrying a backpack containing his laptop and 2 books with his name on them. He also had his mobile phone with him.
On the 27th of June. Noah's naked body was sadly discovered 950m inside a storm drain, between access points. This storm drain was accessible through an area completely unfamiliar to him, behind houses at Northwood Road. https://t.co/bpz3Rmc0wq
"Noah's body was found by specially trained police officers between two drain access points within a section of the tunnel running under the Translink access road," said Mr McCrisken."
Noah's bike was also found near a house, behind a car, in the same area. It had been there for more than 24 hours before a member of public who lived in the street said she read reports of a missing child and checked the bike and phoned the police.
On Sunday 21st June, 14 year old Noah Donohoe left his home to meet his friends at Cave Hill Belfast to study for school. #RememberMyNoah💙
He was on his black Apollo mountain bike, fully dressed, wearing a helmet and carrying a backpack containing his laptop and 2 books with his name on them. He also had his mobile phone with him.
On the 27th of June. Noah's naked body was sadly discovered 950m inside a storm drain, between access points. This storm drain was accessible through an area completely unfamiliar to him, behind houses at Northwood Road. https://t.co/bpz3Rmc0wq
"Noah's body was found by specially trained police officers between two drain access points within a section of the tunnel running under the Translink access road," said Mr McCrisken."
Noah's bike was also found near a house, behind a car, in the same area. It had been there for more than 24 hours before a member of public who lived in the street said she read reports of a missing child and checked the bike and phoned the police.
