I woke up at 4 a.m. While heading to the bathroom, I found a mess where one of the cats had thrown up, so I cleaned it. Then the other cat started pacing around my bed… and, as expected, threw up too. By then I was fully awake, so I went out for a jog a little after 5. From 8 a.m., I worked on my self-employment tasks. Still feeling sleepy. Today I focused on preparing for post-retirement income—organizing monetization ideas and looking into AI tools for slide creation. ChatGPT seems great for structuring ideas, while Gamma works well for turning them into slides. I also updated my income and…

I finally finished outlining my Kindle book, Building Wealth as a Family.Next, I’ll look into the details—like which file format I need to prepare for publishing. For breakfast, I had the sourdough I baked yesterday, topped with cookie cream and peanut butter. At lunch, we went out for sushi restaurant as a family. The bill came to 9,500 yen—on the pricey side, but it’s worth it for the rare chance to enjoy a meal out together. Dinner was tempura: chicken tempura and vegetable fritters.I tried to make the fritters extra crispy, but they ended up a little overcooked.Tempura is trickier than it looks.Chicken tempura, on the other hand, is versatile—you…

Today, I got completely absorbed in a game called Foundation. Before I knew it, about four hours had passed. Time just melted away — the surest sign I was having fun. In between, I worked on my sourdough. Bread-making is truly an art. Maybe because it’s summer, the dough fermented in no time. Still, the result was a loaf so fluffy and soft that I can’t wait to try again. Breakfast was mentaiko rice balls. I coated my hands generously with salt, shaped the white rice into neat triangles, stuffed them full of spicy cod roe, and wrapped them in seaweed. Simple, but unbeatable. For lunch, I had yellowtail sashimi.…