Money & Travel

Partayyy In the USA

Hey hey! So by the time you read this, I’ll be in Florida and New York for a much-needed break. I’m taking 2 weeks off to eat, sightsee and run around The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter while waving my wand (that’s what she said). I’ll probably not be blogging while I’m there, so this blog will go a […]

Money & Travel

Stocks Are Getting Tiny. Should You Care?

A reader writes in, asking:  “I’d like to ask your opinion on the announced reduced lot sizes in SGX coming in 2015. Do you think that with the almost certainty (in my opinion) of massive buying starting Jan 2015, many stock prices would rise significantly? Therefore if I have some capital now, would you advise

AI & Productivity

Use This App To Sleep Your Way To The Top

Quick question: How many hours of sleep did you get last night? 6 hours? 7? 4.5? Some people are secretly proud that they don’t get much sleep, and they wear their sleep deprivation like a badge of honour: “I’m damn shag today because I had soooooo little sleep last nigh…..zzzzzzz.” But when you don’t get enough

AI & Productivity

Make To-Do Lists That Actually Help You Get Stuff Done

(Pre-post note: A bunch of you were psyched about using Lift after last week’s post, so I decided to do a series of posts on apps that I’ve found useful.) Sooooo – let’s talk about to-do lists. What’s the difference between a good to-do list and a crappy one? Here’s my definition: A CRAPPY to-do list

AI & Productivity

The Emotion That Makes You Richer

So get this: There’s actually an emotion that can help you resist the temptation of spending money. I recently read an article on how having a little bit of GRATITUDE can help us to spend less. The findings came from a study where a bunch of people were asked whether they’d like $54 today, or $80

Money & Travel

What The Shawshank Redemption Taught Me About Investing

One of my favourite movies of all time is The Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. I’m not really sure why. Maybe it’s because any movie narrated by Morgan Freeman puts me into a deep, introspective mood. Unrelated note: If I knew Morgan Freeman, I would totally ask him to narrate my life story at

Money & Travel

3 Ways To Get A Happier Vacation

Ok, people. Here’s definitive evidence that I am a hardcore nerd: I just paid a ridiculous amount of money to spend FIVE DAYS at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando. Not only that, I’m also budgeting (yes, budgeting) for a $47 INTERACTIVE WAND that will let me perform MAGIC around the theme park. This October, watch me run

AI & Productivity

How An Experiment Saved My Life

You know that feeling when you’re browsing your Facebook feed, and you come across an article that TOTALLY VALIDATES whatever you’re doing in life? For some of you, it might be a no-nonsense article on investing in your twenties. For others, it might be one of those fluffy “7 Signs You’re in a Healthy Relationship”

Money & Travel

Everything That Could Go Wrong With Index Investing

Don’t tell anyone because I’m embarrassed, but I used to be a HUGE Eminem fan. I’d come home from school, use my comb as a makeshift mic, and lip-sync to all the songs on The Marshall Mathers LP on full blast. (Since I’m such a huge nerd, that was about the most gangsta that I’ve ever been

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