A few days ago, I was bewildered about my recent activities and how it relates to my finances. During the last three months, I traveled to five different places totaling 20,000+ miles. For most people, this type of travel schedule would cause a budget crisis but surprisingly, mine still turned out okay. The result got […]
Some of you know, others are jealous, many wonder but yesterday, one person actually asked. You are making a living sharing what you do day to day and you seem to love it. I can only wish to make money doing what I love. What’s the secret? I was flattered by the question. It’s true […]
Emma and her coworkers were at Costco the other day and a discussion brought up an interesting question – what actually is a necessity? The conversation came up when one of them decided to buy trash bags. “Trash bags”, Emma said. “Why do you pay for something like that?” It turns out that her coworker […]
More often than not, the times we cherish the most don’t involve dollars and cents. It isn’t an earth shattering discovery of course, but one that most people forget all the time. Instead, we try to buy our way into happiness. Oh that iPhone will do. That expensive glass of wine would really be nice […]
One of the great side benefit of not being a salesperson who is on the plane way too often is that I have more time to talk to my parents over the phone. Yesterday, a question came up that affects almost all of us who weren’t born into eventually inheriting Exxon Mobil – How to […]
No thanks. I will stay home for lunch since I want to save money It felt good hearing myself say those words and saving money always sound like a good idea. Yet, quite often, some of us feel bad doing it. Most frugalist I know asked themselves at some point whether he/she is missing out […]
