I recently tweeted there are 2 ways to grow wealth and work toward financial independence. That is spend less and earn more. Now before you jump in and say, “3 – invest”, I view investing as part of earning more money. This blog post will go into more detail of how I do stuff under… Continue reading Building wealth
The $5 per day food challenge
When budgeting the topic of how much people spend on food often comes up. I saw someone post they had $40 to last them a week until pay day and they were asking for recipes that help stretch the budget. This is how I’d stretch a $5 per day budget for food over 2 weeks… Continue reading The $5 per day food challenge
Performance testing API’s with async/awaits
I’ve got this serverless cloud function, you can read about how I built it here. Today’s blog is how I’d go about performance testing this API using async/awaits in Typescript. The API helper class Here is the GET API function: The performance test Here’s the performance test function, it spins up 10 concurrent instances to… Continue reading Performance testing API’s with async/awaits
In defense of the retail super fund
Disclaimer; I use to work for CFS, consider me biased. Retail super funds have received a pretty bad wrap (tehe wrap). From under performing to charging excessive fees (here’s an article of BT charging high fee’s). So what have I got to say in their defense? Low cost index based investing is an option It… Continue reading In defense of the retail super fund
BugHunterSam – update
It’s been a while since my last business update. While I’m waiting for high sierra to update I thought I’d spend some time reflecting on how the business is going. Managing my finances I wrote this post on how I’m managing the finances. Overall I’m happy with how it’s going. I’m two paychecks away from… Continue reading BugHunterSam – update
Investing $1000 a month
Meet Eric, he’s a 25 year old who enjoys hanging out with friends. He earns a 70K per year salary and spends about 40K a year on living expenses. As a single bloke, he’s not super keen on jumping on the property band wagon. He enjoys having the freedom to live wherever he likes and… Continue reading Investing $1000 a month
Schema Therapy: part VI
Wow. It was in February that I last posted about schema therapy. Today I had a chair session. The idea being, that I imagine my dad sitting in an empty chair in front of me and I tell him that I don’t deserve his criticism. Role play I role play an emotional and triggering scenario.… Continue reading Schema Therapy: part VI
My views on FIRE
Financial Independence Retire Early (AKA FIRE) is a movement that’s been taking the internet and high paid young professionals by storm. The idea is fairly simple: maximize your income today maximize your savings for the near future grow an investment portfolio then draw down 4% of your investment portfolio forever However, I think there’s some… Continue reading My views on FIRE
Managing my finances as a Contractor – AU edition
I have been obsessed with finances and I’m studying a financial advice degree part time. This here is NOT personal financial advice, but it’s a walk through of how I’m managing my finances. This is for the Australian market. I don’t know the best way to manage taxes/save for retirement in other countries. Company Structure Sole… Continue reading Managing my finances as a Contractor – AU edition
Let’s talk about Risk, baby (oh and Covid)
As I face another month of covid lockdowns in Sydney, there are some anxieties floating around in my head that I’d like to get off my chest. This is a rambling blog post and reflection piece of the state of society as I see it. Vaccine Risks So Astrazena has gotten a pretty bad rep.… Continue reading Let’s talk about Risk, baby (oh and Covid)