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Expat Travel

How to Get Unlimited Internet for 1 Year in Thailand (DTAC+AIS)

I'm currently based in Bangkok Thailand. I love this country, I understand the language, culture and you get great value for your money. One such instance of "value" for your money is how you can get unlimited internet for one low price. Dtac 10 MBPS Unlimited 1 Year The first

Life Advice

If Freedom is Your Reward, You Are Living in Prison

Gen Z: Cancel student debt! I'm oppressed. I only have $1000 in my bank account and can't afford. Government: Sure thing, vote for us! *Prints 1 trillion, uses 100 billion to pay of student debt, the rest for...stuff* Gen Z: OMFG! Inflation is so high! My $1000 won't even

Money

The Blockfi Rewards Credit Card - Why I Stopped Using It

Update: Blockfi now provides 1 free BTC withdrawal per month if you spend $100 or more on the card. But there is still a catch. The fee is reimbursed with each subsequent rewards payment. So you'll never actually be able to withdraw all your BTC because you'll always have at

Life Advice

Are Women Actually Delusional or Do Men Just Suck?

I'm writing this from Vietnam, here they have a culture that does not lie to women. Young Vietnamese women who are 27, 28 and still single are pressured to pick a guy, get married and get on with life. The reason is because attractive men who are 30+ years of

Money

Niche Markets That Are Too Small

I'm not a fan of Gary V. I call him 1DV because he's so 1 dimensional. Work, hustle and enjoy life when you're old I guess? I get it, Gary V is a work-a-holic type character. Nothing wrong with that if that's how you're oriented in the world. However, it's

Expat Travel

How To Apply For a Re-Entry Permit in Thailand

Thailand currently offers multiple entry visas and single entry visas. Multiple entry means you can leave an re-enter the Kingdom as many times as you like. A single entry visa means that once you leave, your current visa will expire and you'll need to apply for a new visa all

Money

Oh Great, Global Hyperinflation

...and perhaps hyper-Bitcoinization? The best investment and thing to own right now in this crazy market is yourself and your business. We have no idea where this is going. However most can guarantee that if you aggressively work on yourself and your business, your going to be worth a lot

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How to Make Money as a Twitch Streamer -With Jay Streazy

I meet Jay back when I was in Vietnam. I was at a bar in Da Nang with my then girlfriend and I just happened to sit down at a table across from him and his girlfriend. He recognized me and said hello. He had sent me a message previously

Life Advice

College or Trade School - What To Do?

My dad worked for a municipality as a laborer and then as a skilled laborer. He put in 28 years and retired with a $4K monthly pension plus social security for the rest of his life. He did not go to college and was pretty broke, raising four kids for

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How I Make Money Online - Become a Wealthy Expat Instead of a Peasant English Teacher

First off, I got my start as an English teacher in Thailand so I don't mean to disparage English teaching. It changed my life forever and for that I'm thankful. However, I've seen too many men get stuck as English teachers in Thailand and elsewhere. They quickly go from being

Expat Travel

How to Get to Thai Immigration in Bangkok

So you're planning on staying in Thailand for a few months or up to a year? Maybe you're wanting to get an education visa, perhaps you're simply wanting to extend your tourist visa or are in the process of becoming an English teacher in Thailand. One thing is for certain,

Life Advice

Emotional Baggage, Stuff, Whatever

You know, I was thinking just a second ago as I laid in the dark trying to sleep for the fifth time in a row at 3:33 am and this thought occurred to me, a persistent thought, the kind of thought that just demands to be written down. The

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Dream Killer - Doing What You're Supposed to Do

I’ve wasted a lot of time in my life doing what I'm supposed to do. * I went to college because that’s what you're supposed to do. * I got a job to sit in a cubicle for 8 hours a day because that's what you're supposed to do. * I

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Toxic Positivity - The Recluse of the Untalented

10 years. 10 years I've been watching this guy waste his life on his personal development blog. Starting when he was 24 to now 34. It's a real tragedy: "I help emergent creatives, leaders and change makers refine and align their authentic story through self knowledge techniques in a holistic

Tools & Gear

Movie Studio 18 Bait and Switch - Upgrade to Vegas 19 Instead

So Movie Studio 18 came out and it's a train wreak. As I mentioned previously, I upgraded to Movie Studio 17 [https://www.edgeofdavid.com/movie-studio-17/] from 14 and it was a massive upgrade. With the new version of 17 you got: * A fully capable video editor for a one

Expat Travel

8 Reasons Why Connecticut Sucks

I was watching this YouTube video of Joe Rogan talking about why Connecticut sucks and I nearly spit my coffee out all over myself laughing because it was so funny and so spot on (but obviously over the top). "CT sucks" and "Connecticut sucks" are pretty popular search terms because

Money

Inflation is Theft. Don't Like It? Do This Instead

Inflation is theft. You'll hear that a lot and some think it's just a hyperbolic statement but it's a very true statement about our current money system. That dollar you have to work for. You have to spend your time and energy to earn it. People in control of the

Life Advice

Being an Entrepreneur is "Hard"

I constantly read posts about how tough it is and how much you have to sacrifice as an entrepreneur (aka Gary V - or 1DV as in one dimensional as I call him). This is so silly and it's often bastardized by 2o year old, wanna-be pretend entrepreneurs who spend

Life Advice

How to Turn Your Life Around

Ever wonder why some people are doing better than you? They have better everything. Better lives, better relationships, more travel, more money, more sex, fun and happiness? Ever really wonder what they are doing differently? You should because success is predictable and you can create it it for yourself as

Expat Travel

The Ha Giang Loop Vietnam - Yep It's Really That Incredible

Ha Giang is a stunningly beautiful, northern most province in Vietnam where you can find the border with China. It used to be quite a dangerous drive through the mountains, but over the last 5 years it has developed into one of the most beautiful, scenic motorcycle adventures I've done

Tools & Gear

No, the Canon SL3 is Not a Good Vlogging Camera

The Canon SL3 [https://amzn.to/2MCWtdu]is an excellent camera for creating tutorials, online course creation for Skillshare or Teachable and making any sort of talking head video. It's also a good camera for stills, nothing to write home about but it can get the job done in the

The Edge of David "Shorts" Experiment

Alright, so I decided to try out YouTube shorts. They are simple, 1 minute or less videos you post to YouTube. Record your video in portrait mode and upload it. I went ahead and created "Edge of David shorts." A dedicated channel to my iPhone videos. Basically, whenever I would

Life Advice

The Homeless States of America

The following was not written by me. It's a comment by Alvan Karpas [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMbUIf48lDyRrqFmqD95LQ/videos]on Nick Johnson's video: "The 10 States Where Homelessness is Out of Control and Beyond Repair." I found it insightful so I wanted to repost it here. Okay boss, you

Money

How to Invest Money - The Monetary Ranks

Welcome to your free crash course on how to invest your money. This guide is going to cover everything you need to know as a total beginner. It starts off with assuming you're in debt and goes through what to consider doing as you start to make money and build

Life Advice

Don't Waste Your Life (A Warning)

I remember listening to this monologue on happiness by Ben Stein. Why are some happy and other not? Why are some living in a default state of joy and others wishing “if only”. The answer was brilliantly simple. The ones that are unhappy are people who let their parents or