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How I stopped feeling dead inside
Hello friends! I’ve been back from my month-long backpacking trip in Europe for about two weeks now, and I’m getting back in the groove of adding shareholder value. One thing that I’m reflecting on is that leading up to the … Read more
What would my life look like if I could upgrade my lifestyle in an attainable way?
Inspired by a Money with Katie episode, I thought I would document my “lifestyle upgrade fantasy,” which is basically defining an attainable, but aspirational vision for what life would look like with a bit more money. I figure it’ll be … Read more
How much I spent backpacking Europe solo for one month
I tracked my spending for the entire 35 days I spent backpacking in Europe from December 6, 2024 to January 9, 2025. I categorized (almost) every transaction, allowing me to make a nice visualization of how much I spent across … Read more
Backpacking Europe Diaries #4: Italy Edition
Hello friends! Happy New Year, and I hope you’re having a marvelous start to 2025. This is my last solo travel newsletter from Europe (for now), and by the time this post is sent out I should be back in … Read more
New Year, New Blog
Welcome to my new blog! To build on my momentum from 2024 where I started my weekly-ish newsletter, I’m creating a standalone website for all blogging activities outside of my regular newsletter cadence. Reasons why I’m starting this blog Tech … Read more
Backpacking Europe Diaries #3: Vienna, Budapest, Ljubljana
Hello friends, I’m back! The last two weeks have been interesting—higher highs, and lower lows. I’m starting to feel a bit of travel fatigue from moving around so much. 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria My next stop after Prague was Vienna. My … Read more
Backpacking Europe Diaries #2: Paris, Amsterdam, Prague
Hello friends! I finally have the stable internet, empty time, and energy to write up this post. I know it’s not Sunday, but it’s probably better that I wrote this after visiting Prague rather than in the middle of it … Read more
Backpacking Europe Diaries #1: Arriving in Paris
Hello from Paris! This is the first newsletter of many as I write about my Europe travels over the next few weeks. I’m writing this around 5:30 AM on my phone in the darkness of my hostel bunk bed, since … Read more
3 emails that jumped out at me this Black Friday
I work on an email marketing product as my full-time job, but I must confess, in my day-to-day life I’m the kind of person who uses adblock and opts out of marketing messages whenever possible. However, since starting my job … Read more
How I planned a one-month solo trip to Europe
Hello friends! As some of you might know, I’ll be taking off for ~5 weeks at the end of the year to go on a solo trip to Europe. I’m basically using up 80% of my banked up PTO in … Read more