And here are the lineups… Should You Focus on Making More or Spending Less? (Retire by 40) “Should you focus on making more or spending less? This is a trick question. You need to work on making more AND spending less. Everyone should focus on increasing their saving rate instead of picking one side over…
And here are the lineups… The Forever Fallacy (Get Rich Slowly) “The key thing to understand is that everything changes. You change. Your circumstances change. The people around you change. Nothing is forever. The challenge then is to balance this concept — everything changes — with living in the present. You must learn to enjoy today while…
Power is the ability to control your own life (The Escape Artist) “I had always assumed power meant having status and income, influence and external rewards. Ralph had all of them. Yet up close he didn’t seem very powerful. I started asking whether power meant, rather, the ability to control my own life.” When the…
July is the month where the World Cup ended with the French lifting the World Cup title for the second time. I watched the game live on TV and seriously thought Croatia played better although the actual score did not really reflect that. I guess luck also played a very important role in games like…
And here are the lineups… The things that early retirement won’t fix (Think Save Retire) “After retiring from work at the age of 35, I’ve discovered that early retirement isn’t some instant-fix to all of life’s problems. It’s not that calamine lotion elixir stuff that seems to make everything it touches feel better.” Early retirement…
In a recent post by SimplyJesMe, Jes discussed the reasons for having/not having a second kid based on surveying the people around her. And the top four reasons are: Not enough love Not enough attention Scared of pain Not enough money I would think that the first two can be grouped together. According to the…
And here are the goodies… It’s Time to Kick the Bucket List (Wall Street Journal) “Bucket lists often become obsessive, expensive, painful. They create the impression that life is not so much something to be lived and enjoyed as a series of onerous obligations to be checked off.” Bucket list seems to be something of…
Previously, we have discussed how car ownership in Singapore is astronomically high. Even though there are individuals who justify the cost of owning a car here, the general consensus is that it is still a pricey item to maintain. And I totally respect those individuals who have a car for various reasons. And I don’t…
And here are the goodies for this week… Want to retire early? Make lots of money and don’t have kids (Think Save Retire) “Yup, earning big money and not raising children is a fast track plan for financial independence and early retirement. It gets you there faster and completely streamlines the process. Funny how a…
Today, I will like to introduce you to the HENRYs. Yes, it’s a common name, and I know quite a few of them. In fact, I think you might know them too, although they might not be the same people. And depending on the definition, they could be much more common than we thought. Ok,…