My First S$100k — And What It Actually Took to Get There
I hit my first S$100k in my late 20s. Not through investing — I didn’t touch the stock market until […]
Money & Mindset
The Moment I Realised Money Wasn’t the Goal — Options Were
I used to think the whole point of financial independence was the number. Hit the number, stop working, done. It
Why “Enough” Is the Hardest Number to Define
I still remember the exact spreadsheet cell where the numbers finally lined up. Years of tracking, saving, investing — and
The decision that changed my money mindset — long before I understood investing
I didn’t build my money mindset by studying markets. I built it by keeping a single promise to myself, over
FIRE and caregiving for elderly parents
The timing nobody plans for I spent decades working toward financial independence. Saving from 22, investing from 35, building rental
I went back to work after lay-off. Here’s why I decided to leave for good.
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way Six years into one company, I was laid off. I won’t pretend that
Why I stopped calling it retirement — and what I call it now
For the longest time, I didn’t know what to call what I was doing. Eventually, I stopped calling it retirement