Took some time to read my previous posts and feeling a little nostalgic. The thing about writing is that once you lose your momentum, it's hard to get it back.
A quick status update since my last post which was the start of this year. And now we're inching towards the last quarter of the year. Time truly flies when you get older.
I'm currently in my 4th job since graduation, a number I wouldn't have expected as a fresh grad. I thought I would've stuck to my first and retired in it... Well life happens haha.
I wish I could say that I'm less lost as compared to 2018-2019 me (past posts showed my existential crisis) but I'm here to report that I'm still figuring life out. I guess it will stay this way for many more years to come, but I would like to think that I am slightly less anxious about the future now. Life is always unpredictable, and things can change in an instant. I've learnt that after witnessing health scares, sudden illnesses and deaths. That nothing is guaranteed, and all we have is now.
Anyway, I'm still onto the habit of tracking my finances on a monthly basis. As a regular salaryman clocking a 9-5 with no additional side hustles (unlike my very hardworking peers), the net worth climb is slow but I'm thankful that it has been steadily increasing. With the market being very optimistic these few months, I've managed to cross the half-million mark in terms of net worth! *pops confetti* A milestone that others won't bat an eyelid at, but something I'm really proud of. :')
I do foresee some fluctuations if the market corrects + when I finally get my keys to my new place next year, but such goal posts motivate me to keep on striving and accumulate more assets so that I can have options in the future.
It has been 9 years since I started working and I'm grateful to have a steady income in the midst of global uncertainty, esp in recent years. I am excited to look at where I'm at in 9 years' time, and hopefully what I've built these years would be able to give me more options by then.
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