The Long-Awaited Corporate Job Paycheck. Tick, tock, tick, tock. I stare at my clock, watching the seconds tick by. I feel the impatience building up within me. “Will it just turn 12AM already?!” I scream in my head. After what seems like a gazillion years later, the...
When I was growing up, my parents constantly told me to study hard, get a good education, get a good job, and enjoy life. So, I studied hard, got a decent education, and got an acceptable corporate job. But as I spent my mornings rushing to work with a truckload of...
Being fairly new to the Financial Freedom movement, I’m not particular good at a lot of things. I don’t make big bucks. I don’t reap fantastic investment returns. But I do have one ‘superpower’ (if you can call it that) when it comes to personal finance. And I like to...
A few days ago, I was side hustling till late. I ran into a few problems after. One thing led to another, and I ended up taking a cab back home. I paid $13.40 for the cab fare. It got me thinking. Is taking a cab worth it? What have I learnt from taking public...
I like to think that I’m ‘immune’ to most luxuries in the world. I don’t own a car, and I take either the bus or the subway practically everywhere I go. I use a 3-year-old Herschel backpack for almost all occasions. My iPhone 6 is 3 years old, and counting. But the...
I Can Understand Why “Working” Seems Like a Terrible Thing. I would jolt out of bed every weekday morning. With the dreadful sound of my alarm that always makes me cringe. “Shit, I’m late for work!”, I’d think to myself before rushing out of the house. Later in the...
Recently, my colleagues have been floating the idea of retirement. One of them shared that her father passed away shortly after his retirement. All he did was sit around at home watching television shows. And he was gone a few years after retiring. No life-shattering...
Being financially free has countless benefits. I know that you don’t need to read this post to know what the benefits are. I’m sure you can spend all day just listing the benefits yourself. But I’m going to write this post anyway, because it’s just so much fun. ...
I first came across the ‘Financially Independent, Retire Early’ community about 2 years ago, sometime back in 2016. Back then, I thought it was impossible. I was completely sceptical about it. It took a while for me to conclude that, “Hey, it’s actually possible”. It...
Recently, I wrote a blog post on my experience with a “get-rich-quick” scam. I lost a total of almost $2,000 over a few short months. I reflected on my actions, and realised that it was my greed that caused my ultimate downfall. Not my naivety, not my dire financial...