General#

Core Definitions#

• Better to lose with a wise person than to find with a fool.
• War is war, but lunch is on schedule.
• Multitasking is not my thing.

Winnie-the-Pooh#

Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn’t. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.

Finance#

Cashback#

Chasing cashback, miles, points — is a naive and mostly useless pursuit. Of course, there is some financial benefit to it. Whether it is always worth the effort — not at all. From this perspective, a separate card with 5% cashback on Amazon makes sense if you set it up and forget about it. Tracking and hunting for cashback is almost always wasted time.

Discipline#

The second-to-last weekend of the month is the financial one. Make sure all payments are done, import bank statements into accounting.