It's been another 2 years since I gave this blog some attention, and life has both changed, and stayed static in that time. My drive to leave the boring world of work, and earn a living online, hasn't changed. That said, I've got the bruises from the last 10+ years of trying different tactics, and have probably become a lot more boring, but successful as a result. As I mentioned in my last post, the shutdown of Liberty Reserve was a turning point in my thinking. I'm now super suspicious of online currencies. eGold and Liberty Reserve shutdowns showed that the US government was either determined to kill off non-traditional payment systems, or that they were trying to steer people towards ones they had more visibility of. Either way, the question remains around other online payment services, as to whether or not their days are numbered, and whether holders of legitimate funds in these services would lose access at any time. For the record, I've not been able to
Investing, saving and planning for the future