So I’m just gonna say it – I’m a really big wuss when it comes to personal finance. Some of my friends get a big kick by bragging about how they lose like thousands of dollars every day on their own accounts. I totally get it. Hell, I’ve been there before. I used to watch […]
So I have this weird friend who is super random and texts me like the most RANDOM texts ever (No hate here, we’re good friends and she’s totally cool that I’m blogging about her hahahaha). After not hearing from her for like 2 months, I get this text message: “Hey lionie~ What % of your
I’ll let you in on a little secret: Being happy doesn’t depend on how much you earn, but how you spend your money. We’ve all heard that money doesn’t buy happiness – Multiple studies have shown that beyond a certain (surprisingly low) income, happiness very little to do with how much you have. Yet, we spend
Here’s the problem about investing – we know that it’s good for us, but most people suck at it. We all have an uncle somewhere who lost his entire retirement savings by betting on Asian stocks in 1997, tech stocks in 2000, or financial stocks in 2008. He held on to his portfolio as the
Heya! Sorry for being gone for so long – work has been absolutely crazy lately. (But in case any of my employers are reading this, I love my company. Hugs and kisses, xoxo). Just spent the last two days on leave (or “time-off” as they say in the US of A), sitting at home… and
Soooo it’s mid-Feb. Have you discovered that you’re not keeping to most, or all of your resolutions? I know I have. My resolutions to leave work by 6.30pm and sleep 7 hours a day have fallen flat on their faces. (It’s sad, but despite all my posts on productivity I inevitably get a couple of
It’s Valentine’s Day and I couldn’t resist posting this nerdy V-Day graphic up, courtesy of fosslien.com. Click through to check out this graph, along with 14 Ways an Economist Says I Love You. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Everyone’s caught up in the gold bug these days. They see the meteoric rise in gold (check out the chart below) and their palms get all sweaty, they start breathing heavily, and they yell “GOTTA HAVE THAT AWESOME SHINY STUFF, AHHHHHHHH!!” Gold has risen a whopping 500% since 2000, especially during the last couple of
Today’s TED Thursday talk (woah, talk about mega alliteration – yay literary devices!) is about choosing. Or more precisely, how to be choosy about choosing. Sheena Iyengar raised an interesting point about how having more choices may not actually help you, but cause you to give up altogether. Last week, I was trying to figure
