Whispers of a Powerless Grave

Wires. Six minutes. Off-cam moments, especially dramatically movie-like ones, are often difficult to believe, but this one actually happened and I can…

Mar 26 • Jemar Luczon

February 2026

Chasing the wrong prize

"Peace of mind" is surprisingly elusive that I consider it a luxury, an extremely rare all-encapsulating indicator of wealth — that even with little to…

Feb 18 • Jemar Luczon

November 2025

A Smart Traveler is a Smart Investor

Travel is an expense, often a luxury that bleeds the piggybank. However, I'd like to argue that the skillsets you develop to be a smart traveler are…

Nov 4, 2025 • Jemar Luczon

Unjemarkable, yet still valid

CEO told me, "even people you look up to, they're also trying to figure life out". Nobody has it all figured out — having more questions than answers is…

Nov 2, 2025 • Jemar Luczon

August 2025

What I Sacrificed to Find Thai Gulf’s Pot of Gold

Until now, I'm still grieving. In the world of pirates, the hunt for golden treasures always requires sacrifice — guardians engulfing souls, biting…

Aug 21, 2025 • Jemar Luczon

In Defense of Late Runners

In races, there are two chances you'll be closely followed by a VIP vehicle: when you're among the top podium finishers, or when you're the last one to…

Aug 12, 2025 • Jemar Luczon

Jemarkable Playbook to Financial Freedom

Albeit imperfect, this playbook attempts to list principles and resources that I found helpful in our shared journey towards financial freedom.

Aug 9, 2025 • Jemar Luczon

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July 2025

I Was Wrong About Success

Raised in a lower-middle class family, I always punched above my weight in pursuit of greatness. When results were favorable, I always weave a narrative…

Jul 1, 2025 • Jemar Luczon

February 2025

Playbooks and Outliers

If life/career is a game, there's always a playbook we can construct, but there's always out-of-the-mold outlier stories worth telling. This is why I'm…

Feb 26, 2025 • Jemar Luczon

August 2024

Vietnam Fly Out: No Stranger to Being Stuck

How it feels like to be stuck in Vietnam during the July 2024 Microsoft/Crowdstrike global outage

Aug 25, 2024 • Jemar Luczon

October 2023

How a liver threat forced me to quit

It was a critical moment for my liver, I had to make a choice. Is it worth tying up the laces of my career if I can't live long enough to relish the…

Oct 22, 2023 • Jemar Luczon

Flying at Twenty One

Flying, for me, meant soaring high or achieving things. Back in the days, I could only ride planes in my dreams or when I closed my eyes. Cheers to…

Oct 13, 2023 • Jemar Luczon