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Acquire Skills and Knowledge, Not Material Possessions

One of the two gold medals I won from a Judo tournament in New Mexico this year. I competed and won in two different divisions.

I’ve always been impressed by people who possessed great skills*, or were pursuing things that would reward them with great skills. The ones acquired from years of studying a serious hobby like drawing or bread baking. This is why whenever I meet someone new I always ask them what they do for fun — how they spend their free time**. Their answers usually reveal whether they have (or will have) great skills or not. If I think they are doing something worth pursuing I tend to find myself imagining what it would be like if I were doing it too. I imagine the new skills I would have as a result of doing the activity, and it puts a warm smile on my face and gives me a strong sense of bliss. In general, pursuing and acquiring new skills (and, hence, new knowledge) have always made me a lot happier than buying and owning material things.

Coming Out Ahead from College; or, Kubo King’s Thoughts On College Education (Part III)

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and I hope my previous article about it inspired you in being more aware of how you spend your time with family and friends. Today we return to my Kubo King’s Thoughts On College Education series with part 3 (see part 1 and part 2). This will be the second to last article in the series, meaning there will be one last part posted next. Anyway, this article focuses on main strategies for cutting the cost of college education down. So read on!

Two years ago, the year 2016, the percentage of high school graduates who headed off to college was around 70% [1]. Some of them may have had clear goals, plans, and expectations from higher education, and had thought out good strategies for tackling the financial burden it would place on them after graduation. However, I suspect that a large number of them did not have such things, and were only there because they were instructed to be there — to be successful in life. They get to universities with no real plans and no real goals, only armed with the hope that their lives will be better if they study some kind of field and receive some kind of degree. The fortunate ones, like me, end up figuring it out on their own, while the unfortunate ones do not. But, that is why this article exists. I want to help people like you who are unsure about college and do not have parental subsidies to fund a, sometimes hedonistic, college lifestyle.

A Kubo Rich Life; or, Why I’m Not Deprived

Previously, I outlined how Kubo Queen and I handle our money. We mentioned that we put majority of our money to work. Some of you may have wondered if we feel deprived by doing this instead of spending them on things. Well today I will tell you about this nice song I used to sing from my childhood, what the song means to me now as an adult, and, finally, conclude why I (and Kubo Queen, of course) am not deprived.