Showing posts with label finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label finance. Show all posts

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Sunday Banking

千里之行,始于足下 (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step)
- 老子 (Laozi)

I don't know when they ever started Sunday banking but wow is it convenient.

It took me less than an hour to get out of the house, head to the bank, see a CSO, answer some questions, fill up a form and get back home. That's exactly what I did and I shall be contributing $800 at the end of each month into this new OCBC Monthly Savings Account I just got created.

The goal is $10,000 in cold hard cash in a separate account by the end of the year ($400 top-up inclusive). Baby steps. Baby steps.

2013 Begins

I'm 6 days late on the whole "New Year" thing but well, it's better late than never, they say.

So it's 2013 already and I'd like to continue making my life a better one. This journey started around November 2011 actually when I first started looking for a new job and finally made the switch in late April 2012 to my present company. And so, since then I've been trying to make my life more meaningful and balanced with the newfound time and energy (albeit less income).

More than 8 months since, there are severely work-in-progress projects, some that never really took off, and some that just don't seem to be on the right track. I used to blog, in what feels like a previous lifetime, about trivialities as a then emotional and childish self. Only 2 years shy of being into my 30's, I'm too old for that nonsense and this blog instead shall serve as a record and reminder to myself of my endeavours and results.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. 
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

With that, my life from henceforth will be a series of "experiments" in finance (ie. actually starting to invest and have proper savings), fitness (ie. finally run a marathon, some full body strength), sartorial pursuit (ie. get rid of unflattering and inappropriate clothes and replace with the right ones), social life (ie. strengthen old ties and create meaningful new ones and find a life partner) and education (ie. learn a new language? MBA?).

Alea iacta est.