And here are the goodies for this week… Is Early Retirement Keeping Millennials From Having Kids? (Abandoned Cubicle) The obvious advice from someone raising two kids of his own is not to let early retirement and financial independence come between you and having kids. If you are fortunate enough to have the option of bringing…
And here are the lineups… Work-Life Balance is a Lie (Deserting Debt) When people talk about “work-life balance”, they are discussing it as if they are two totally unrelated things. Work and life coexist in such complicated ways that you must ensure that both are emotionally and mentally healthy. What Are the Alternatives to Early…
And here are the goodies for this week… The Curse of Lifestyle Inflation (Kong Template) Lifestyle inflation basically boils down to this. Your spending increases with your income. It’s quite interesting understanding why we always want more stuff. I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t that normal? Isn’t that the whole point of making more money?…
One of the most talk about and highly debatable topics over the week is definitely Suze Orman’s interview with Paula Pant. In case you are wondering what the whole saga is about, basically, Suze has become the common enemy for many FIRE believers by saying that she hates the movement and that people in this movement…
And here are the roundups… Why You Don’t Need to Run with the Cool Kids (Becoming Minimalist) “The pull towards conformity can be strong. The desire to fit in with popular culture is significant at times. And no matter how old we get, the desire to run with the cool kids can still remain. But…
Many of us would have seen this piece of news last week, as MOE announces that it plans to scrap mid year exams for certain levels in primary and secondary school. This is met with a lot of positive reviews but at the same time, there were certainly quite a lot of individuals out there…
And here are the lineups… Who Cares? Why Write About It? (Physician on FIRE) “When we continually upgrade our lifestyle and the objects that accompany it, what was once sufficient becomes inadequate and what was once amazing becomes… well… adequate. When a treat becomes the norm, living without that treat becomes uncomfortable. Enjoy that thing…
There were two very intriguing pieces written by local personal finance bloggers last week. First and foremost, there was the article by Alvin Chow from Dr Wealth, questioning Are Financial Bloggers Suffering? (which I had also shared in last week’s Friday’s reads.) In that article, Alvin introduced two characters, namely the Warrior and the Monk.…
And here are the goodies… Our Crazy Rich Experience On Singapore Airlines Suites (Dr. McFrugal) “A first class amenity kit was waiting for us at our seat. It was a Salvatore Ferragamo bag that contained Ferragamo designer toiletries such as lotion, cologne, lip balm, and moisturizing cream. In addition, we were given a night-time kit of…
The Hand Foot Mouth Disease (HFMD) saga has been particularly hot recently, especially with the outbreak in Malaysia caused by a new strain, deaths involved, and also closer to home, we are seeing increasing number of cases reported. Especially for households with young kids, that probably caused a lot more concern. Like ours. And it…