I’m taking a break!

So if you’ve been following this blog since March this year, you will know that these past few months have been super crazy for me. I’ve lost my job, started a business, blogged everyday and have gained myself a decent following in the process. It all looks super impressive on paper – but believe me

Building up that cash buffer

There is a lot of uncertainty in the job market today. Businesses aren’t hiring, people are getting laid off and there’s a general sentiment of fear that is going around. There is only so much we can do as individuals to stay employed or keep our business afloat in these trying times.  So today I’d

Taxes explained

There are only two certainties in life. Death and taxes. While those of the living will never be able to understand the mysteries of death, we can still try our best to make sense of taxes. Throughout my years of practice and talking to friends and family, I notice that many people have the wrong

The hard truths of entrepreneurship

I sometimes feel that popular media often gets too caught up with the notion of entrepreneurship and it has a tendency to gravitate towards major success stories of people making it big through business. These ‘entrepreneurial’ stories all have the same theme of having an amazing idea, hard work and then ‘BOOM’ success. This inadvertently