One man's FIRE journey by opening up passive income streams from side hustles
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This is part 3 of a 5 part series looking into the 5 pillars of a well-lived life. Outside of water, food and air, probably the one other thing we need to live a meaningful life would be love and companionship. The comfort of love, and the idea that you’re everything to someone else, and that … Read more
So, I was watching the Pomp podcast, who had on his show Jim Cramer from CNBC’s Mad Money. The episode is roughly an hour long, but it’s a great episode to watch as Jim seeks guidance and education on the basics of bitcoin, and how to go about getting exposure to it. As the show … Read more
This is part 2 of a 5 part series looking into the 5 pillars of a well-lived life. In the 2006 Will Smith film, The Pursuit of Happyness, he, as Chris Gardner, went through a tough time in his life, together with his toddler son (portrayed in the film as a 5 year old by … Read more
Bitcoin. Everyone’s talking about it, some people want a lot of it, but nobody really knows how to value bitcoin. As of today, Bitcoin’s market cap is about USD$189 Billion. A single Bitcoin is currently at USD$10,210, down from the last 2 week high of about $12,000. If you think this is volatile, where were … Read more
So, in 2017, I’d jumped on the dropshipping bandwagon in exploring another side hustle, and today, will spill the beans on everything I’ve learned. Is it a legitimate side hustle? Yes. Is it for me? No. Is it for you? Well, find out how I made $3,630 dropshipping products on Aliexpress and Shopify, and then come to your own conclusion.
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This is the first of a new series in which I look into the 5 pillars that to me, make up the components conducive for a well-lived life. Health is a factor that, unfortunately, the healthy tend to ignore until they aren’t healthy anymore. As in most things in life, preventive measures are better than … Read more
As FIRE enthusiasts, there are some, for whom life only truly begins, when they step out of the 9-5 and attain FI. The aggressive savings rate and the extreme frugalities and effectively 10 or more years of the fittest times of their lives are dedicated to accelerating their path to “freedom”. I admire that tenacity, … Read more
It’s hard to believe we’re into Q3 of 2020, a year that will definitely go down in history, as the year Richard took a break from work and was a stay-home dad. Okay no, the year the real economy went to hell, while Wall Street partied like it was 1999. In the face of this … Read more
SEO is a constantly evolving game. You have to come back constantly to revisit your old content, keep them updated and refreshed, and sometimes enhance it when Google introduces something new that can change the game. If you haven’t heard or used it much, structured data (or rich snippets) can really help boost your SEO … Read more
In Satoshi’s Bitcoin Whitepaper, he envisioned Bitcoin to be a peer to peer payment network. In the decade since, Bitcoin has been anything but that. A speculative asset? Check. A bubble that burst in 2018? Check. A store of value? Check. Digital gold? Check. Thus far, Bitcoin has had scaling issues in terms of handling … Read more
We’ve all heard of this one. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. How much of it is mindset and how much of it is circumstance? I think when you fall under a certain threshold of income, it’s really tough to get out of the spiral, and all one can think of is … Read more
As a casual blogger with a professional background in paid media, I have to say I rarely ever paid attention to SEO. As a blogger, I thought content was everything, and that great content will rise to the top, even if user experience was not superb. But as the world shifted to mobile, alongside a … Read more
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been hard at work on a new project. One that gave me deeper insight into the world of WordPress, working on the Elementor theme as well as WooCommerce, but that’s another post for another day. Today, I want to unveil Intromaker, your partner in boosting your brand … Read more
Many of you know that I’m a crypto nut. And as the new uptrend of cryptocurrencies restart following Bitcoin’s recent halving in May, let’s take a look at the current Number 2 in the market. Ethereum itself is going through a major change, switching almost the entire infrastructure in its operations into what is known … Read more
Readers of my site will know that I am a ruby MCO VISA card holder. This card is from crypto.com, a company focused on making the onramp to crypto easy and intuitive. They have been working on a 2 token system, MCO and CRO, which can create some confusion, especially since they are both issued … Read more
For the month of July, I am happy to report tiny streams of side hustle income coming from 3 separate sources. A Crypto.com referral, a hustle trends signup referral, and income from car sharing. That’s the joy of setting up multiple passive-ish streams of income, and then growing them over time. Imagine if you can … Read more
Over the long weekend, I unlocked a new side hustle, which felt like an achievement, so I wanted to share it with you all. As we all know, car ownership in Singapore is crazy expensive, and we all do what we can to help alleviate the cost of car ownership. Some people drive grab hitch … Read more
