Episode Details

Interview done and did! Should I stay or should I go?

Enjoying this new recording routine cause I spend the night “Chinese-ing”. Chinese only! Watching Chinese at Dawn, Chloe Chinese Class and EasyTalk Chinese.

Workout in! And run done from the Canadian embassy. What was I doing out there?

Tried the Carolina Reaper Beef Jerky! Tingly! Sweating! But not deathly!

And a little bit of a surprising statistic from Substack: “Writers and creators everywhere are building real audiences and livelihoods on Substack. As of today, nearly 100,000 publishers are earning money on Substack globally, including almost 30,000 outside the U.S. In Europe, creators are now collectively earning more than $90 million annually.

https://on.substack.com/p/the-global-ideas-exchange

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00:00 Interview Aftermath

00:53 Stay or Go Dilemma

03:07 Online Income Reality Check

05:59 Teaching Again With AI

07:33 Deadlines and Money Pressure

11:12 Language Learning Over Teaching

14:49 New Recording Routine

16:17 Chinese Media Immersion

22:51 Workout and Watch Trouble

24:45 Canadian Embassy Errand

25:15 Why Embassies Exist

26:24 Embassy Counter Culture Shock

29:58 Finding the Canada Embassy

31:47 No Photos Tax Dollars

36:38 Australia Jerky Souvenirs

39:05 Carolina Reaper Taste Test

42:01 Spice Talk China Comparison

43:33 Substack Money Questions

45:22 Wrap Up Links Support