On October 25, 2017, seven months after launching Frugal Asian Finance, I got something called a blogger burnout. A burnout is “the state of having no energy or enthusiasm because of working too hard,” according to Cambridge Dictionary. When someone has a blogger burnout, it […]
Ever since I launched my personal finance blog on March 21, 2017, blogging has become an integral part of my life. I think about my blog when I wake up, during my commute, when I’m in the shower, and when I go to bed. It […]
This post is inspired by Liz at Chief Mom Officer who tweeted about how she couldn’t wait to write about a financial development in her life as a personal finance blogger. I could totally relate to her experience and wanted to expand that idea into […]
I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday. Mr. FAF and I hosted a hotpot party at our house on Christmas Eve. Nothing makes us happier than having good food with our family and friends. As I am writing this post, I feel a […]
Have you ever wanted to start a business, but you can’t figure out what product or service to sell? I have. Multiple times. The search I wanted to start my own business when I was a freshman in college. I didn’t know what I’d do, but […]
After publishing my October 2017 blog traffic report, I got a lot of questions about how I managed to have 48 posts prepared for 4.5 months ahead of schedule. I am not a time management expert. And I still struggle to keep up my productivity […]
On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, seven months after launching Frugal Asian Finance, I officially got burned out from blogging. Over the past seven months, I have been blogging every day for at least 3 hours a day whether it’s weekdays or weekends. The only two […]
After launching Frugal Asian Finance, I have realized 6 unexpected benefits of blogging (i.e. new friends, becoming savvy about social media). There have also been many downsides to blogging that are not always openly discussed (i.e. insecurity, competition). Today I will discuss the five things […]
The party with unknown faces Have you ever walked into a room full of people you don’t know? And although they may be talking about exciting and thought-provoking topics, you just can’t seem to relate because you don’t know who they are. You’re just yearning […]
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about what my typical day looked like when I was living by myself in DC. After Mr. FAF got his degree and Baby FAF came back from China, my schedule has changed quite a bit. Some […]
Have you ever pictured yourself starting out something as a hobby and later finding yourself in a millionaire status thanks to that hobby? After starting my personal finance (PF) blog, Frugal Asian Finance, I found that there are a lot of PF bloggers who started […]
Blogging about personal finance has opened a whole new world to me. That’s the world I used to read about but never dared to be a part of until five months ago. The wonders I enjoy writing about all the frugal and not so frugal […]