One man's FIRE journey by opening up passive income streams from side hustles
For new bloggers thinking about monetising their blogs, there are a few ways to go about it. You could start adding affiliate links, typically from amazon, or a specific product/brand you may know well. Another common way to start monetising the blog is to add display banner ads. In this post, we’ll go through the … Read more
As a family with kids pursuing FIRE, it definitely puts more than a spanner in the works, as opposed to a DINK (Dual Income No Kids) situation. That said, I wouldn’t change a thing about it. Kids are frustrating, tiresome, tedious and frustrating. But they also form some of the best memories in life, and … Read more
As casinos and sports shut down in the name of Covid, the world’s gamblers naturally turn to the only thing they can bet on. Stonks. People like Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, in the wake of sports pausing, re-fashioned himself to Davey Day Trader, and started trading stocks and buying up airlines at the … Read more
Elon Musk is many things. He blabbers off on Twitter, he slave drives his employees, but there is no doubting his genius and intensity in making things happen. And boy did things happen. On 30 May, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 2 astronauts into space for the first time since the end of the space program … Read more
We’ve all heard the horror stories about hyper targeting and personalisation. You know, when you’re talking to your friend about taking a vacation, and then the next time you open up Facebook or Google, you’re suddenly inundated with ads about Beautiful Bali or Incredible India. Are your devices and social platforms listening to you? What … Read more
Retirement. Kicking it back and taking things down a notch. Relaxing by the beach and really living life. How many of us dream of that on a daily basis as we stare at our excel sheets and grind away at work? But exactly how much do you need to retire? A lot of people don’t … Read more
We all know that a fast loading website is key to ranking in search results, and also the possibility of getting featured on Google Discover. Of course, the fastest loading website is still nothing if you don’t have great content that helps the reader to solve a problem, or answering their queries. So, content aside, … Read more
We all have to admit. 2020 is turning out to be crazier and crazier. I thought Covid-19 dominating headlines was going to be it. But 2020 kept saying “hold my beer” and coming up with crazier antics like the ongoing police brutality and racism situation unfolding in the US that’s spreading globally, and the stock … Read more
One of the things I find interesting is looking out for innovative and alternative investment opportunities, partly because traditional investments sound boring (though important) to me, and partly because these alternative investments tend to be less correlated to the overall stock market. Let’s explore the fine wine market today. The power of technology bridging alternative … Read more
Image by maja7777 from Pixabay As we dive headfirst into the trifecta of seemingly urgent and unsolvable problems of Climate Change, Overpopulation and Food Scarcity, let’s take a look at the problem of food scarcity, and how synthetic or cultured food companies are tackling that issue. When we talk about cultured food in this article, … Read more
Featured Image by Sarah Richter from Pixabay I previously wrote about joining the shutterstck contributor program, thinking about uploading photos that I take anyway onto the platform, and if anyone likes it and buys it for use, I can get some money essentially for free, doing things I would have done anyway. Well, I uploaded … Read more
I stopped my CFD trading in March and April due to the volatility and ongoing uncertainty in the markets, coupled with the lack of luck on the job hunt front. Many companies are still laying off staff, especially in the marketing that has typically been seen more as a cost centre in trying times. However, … Read more
The covid-19 pandemic has swept the global markets and caused countless job losses and companies to go belly up. While the stock markets have not fully priced in the effects (and more importantly, the after-effects) of this seismic shock, I believe the economy will be slow to restart, and will have to grind its way … Read more
I’m sure many of you have heard of dropshipping, an ecommerce fulfillment method where you’re acting as a middleman between the retail customer and a supplier of goods. Have you heard of the new thing on the block though? It’s called Dropservicing, and it’s very similar to dropshipping, except you’re working on a service arbitrage … Read more
Critical thinking is often associated with philosophy, but it is very simply the ability to analyse all facts available to form a judgement. It sounds tiresome, and can be, but anyone can be trained to think things through in a much more systematic manner, and gain a more sound judgement about things that matter to … Read more
April, fueled by the uncertainty of the impact of Covid-19, coupled with even more uncertainty regarding the job front, meant it was a no trading month. In terms of side hustle income, this means it’s a lot leaner. It boiled down to: Short writing gig paying USD$100 Another signup on crypto.com netting me USD$50 Adsense … Read more
As we head into the final weekend before the bitcoin halving event happening roughly 12 May 2020, I wanted to see if there were any interesting trends surrounding it, and if markets were savvy about it in equal measures. I couldn’t find a bitcoin specific countdown, so I approximated the time based on other sites’ … Read more
Hey everyone! Hope you’re all still maintaining some sense of sanity with all the extended stay home orders and the constant yakking from family. During this time, I’ve had a bit of time (in between fetching lunch and being the homeschool teacher to my boys) to think about working on another project (besides this site … Read more
Over the last 24 hours, bitcoin has gained by almost 7%, from ~USD7,800 to about $8,300 as of the writing of this blog post. With the 3rd Bitcoin halving scheduled to occur in 13 days, you can feel the excitement blowing up on Crypto Twitter. The year following halving events have seen crazy things happen. … Read more
Just a few posts back, I had loudly (as loud as my blog allowed) proclaimed that this would be the year of the Covid, and that nothing would likely overshadow this news / event in the year 2020. And now we have 2 strong contenders. Is Kim Jong Un OK? Over the last few days, … Read more