A few weeks ago, my aunt shared with me her method for decluttering: One item a day. Every day, she looks at her stuff and asks, “Have I used this in the past 6 months?” If the answer is ‘no’, out it goes. While I am a fan of batching – grouping similar tasks togetherContinue reading “Decluttering — One item a day”
Author Archives: Daniel Tay
Sharing is Caring
A few months ago, I organised a Treasure Hunt event for our freegan community. The purpose of the event was to give a live demo for aspiring freegans on how to go about getting free stuff. Learning from the first-hand experience, they can then go back to their own neighbourhoods and practice it on theirContinue reading “Sharing is Caring”
The road to business failure is paved with good ideas
There are many good ideas floating around. People who create ideas often guard them jealously. However, an idea without execution is just imagination. Our imaginations are powerful, so powerful that it can convince us that we’re doing something when we’re not actually producing any real results. It is planning and execution that turn these ideasContinue reading “The road to business failure is paved with good ideas”
How to create your own modern kampong
I live in a 3-room HDB flat. This means that space inside my home is quite limited. There is a hobby that I spend about an hour or so every night that requires a little bit more open space than there is inside my home. I sit on a stool in the shared space outsideContinue reading “How to create your own modern kampong”
A Virtual Reality world
The first time I put on a Virtual Reality helmet was 20 to 25 years ago. That’s right, Virtual Reality isn’t new. The basic technology has been around for decades. But it is only in recent years that technology has improved this field to the point that the mind can believe it is real. BackContinue reading “A Virtual Reality world”
The gift of charity
I never saw the point giving to charity. They say you should give till it hurts. Well, back when I was still giving money to charity, it hurt. And when I saw other donors giving hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, I thought to myself, “What difference does my $100 or even $1,000Continue reading “The gift of charity”
How I overcame anger
Ten years ago, a very close friend ghosted from my life. I knew him from church. Together we organised a big event for our church ministry where we were supposed to speak to all the Catholic priests in Singapore. It was the opportunity to get their buy-in for what we were doing. My close friendContinue reading “How I overcame anger”
The gift of time
Today I watched a young man with his girlfriend. She was staring adoringly into his eyes, but he didn’t notice. His focus was on the Straits Times app on his mobile phone. Throughout the whole train journey, she just kept staring into his eyes, but his attention never wavered from his mobile phone. Which wasContinue reading “The gift of time”
Normal is an illusion
Today I accompanied a friend to a bankruptcy hearing. It turned out well and got the best possible outcome. Bankrupt. Divorce. Affair. Lawsuit. Orphan. Shotgun. Addiction. Mental illness. Broken family. Parental abandonment. Autism. Gay. Death of a child. These are things that don’t happen to you, you think. No one you know goes through this,Continue reading “Normal is an illusion”
How to stop worrying about money
Money is simple. But people make it complicated. If you’re just learning about how money works, you’ll definitely come across terms such as investing, debt, inflation, rate of return, risk, savings, assets, liabilities, income replacement, protection, index funds, stocks, bonds, trading, forex, options, CFDs, fixed deposits, unit trusts, mutual funds, and so on. This isContinue reading “How to stop worrying about money”
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