Hello friends! We’re back to the usual flow of life updates this week. I’m writing this post in advance because by the time this goes out, I’ll be in Miami. Where I will allegedly be hitting the club. Not so secret secret—I’ve never gone clubbing before. If you know me, you know that I generally … Read more
I never thought I’d be a motorcycle rider. I’d always thought of motorcyclists as reckless drivers on steroids. Even though lane splitting is legal in California, it blew my mind every time I saw motorcyclists threading the needle between two-ton metal boxes barreling down the road at 70 miles per hour. I knew that if … Read more
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 trip, I experienced a renewed sense of energy. For most of 2024, I felt like … Read more
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 fun to look back on this 5 years from now and see where I landed … Read more
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 stack + Cost of maintenance Total cost for Year 1: $80.97 Goals for this blog … Read more
It’s been 3 weeks since I last published a post, which means I’m now completely off of my aspirational weekly newsletter schedule. That said, I’m not going to stress about it. Life happens! Over the last few weeks, I celebrated my (actual) 25th birthday, visited Christine in Vancouver, and went on a backpacking trip to … Read more
Hello friends, welcome to my first newsletter post! After procrastinating for years, I’ve decided it’s finally time for me to start a newsletter. Credit to my friend Manan who started his own newsletter recently for inspiring me to get started. Why am I doing this? I have a couple of goals for this newsletter (in … Read more
