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Na-miss kong magsulat ditooo! Sobrang dami kong unfinished entries na nakatambak lang sa drafts. Bakit ba ko nawalan ng time magsulat dito.

Na-miss kong magsulat ditooo! Sobrang dami kong unfinished entries na nakatambak lang sa drafts. Bakit ba ko nawalan ng time magsulat dito.
A couple of months ago, I started paying for Etsy ads. What it does is when a potential customer search for something thatβs similar to what I offer, my listing will get prioritization and will be placed on the top search. I alloted $1 per day for these Etsy ads hoping to drive more sales ($1 a day is a lot for my small sticker shop). During these months of running ads, I barely make anything. Every sale I make goes to these ad payments and itβs not even driving more sales. There were times when I even owe them money because my sales werenβt compensating for the ad payments. So a few weeks ago, I stopped paying for the ads. Seeing my money disappear like that, having a negative balance on my payment dashboard, it was starting to get depressing.
I chose this kasi eto yung overarching theme ng mga paboritong non-fiction books na nabasa ko last year. Eto ang sagot sa overthinking, sa anxiety, sa pag-eenjoy, sa pag-create ng good relationships. When Iβm truly present, I only focus sa kung anong nangyayari right in front of me, right at this moment. Iβm forced to get rid of the past (where itβs nice to revisit sometimes until you get stuck) and the future (where everything is uncertain, pressuring the brain to do a lot of guesswork which leads to overthinking and anxiety). So instead, I will do my best to let the present be my default mode and only pay brief visits to the past and future when needed.
Eto ang mga sinabi kong susubukan kong gawin nung 2022. Bago ako gumawa ng 2023 game plan, ire-review ko muna:
Outcome: Needs improvement
Nagkakaron ako ng phase na healthy for a few weeks tapos babalik nanaman sa food deliveries. Pero super nag-eenjoy na ko sa mga vegan meals. Minsan pipiliin ko yung vegan option pero hindi ko nafi-feel na may kulang. Kasi may mga vegan/vegetarian meals na masarap naman talaga.
It really is true. Na kahit anong gawin mo, kahit gano ka-harmless or ka-buti sa tingin mo ang isang bagay, may masasabi at masasabi talaga ang mga tao. Nag-stick talaga yun sa isip ko nung sinabi yun nung kaibigan ko (thank you Aryan!) Basta that time namo-mroblema ako sa ipapasalubong ko paguwi ko ng Pinas.

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I discovered this book through a YouTuber. Interested ako sa money matters kasi ayaw namin na maging problema ang pera pag retired na kami. Gusto kong maging prepared sa mga pwedeng mangyari. When it comes to budgeting, lahat ng expenses namin up to the very last cent naka-track. Pero lumalagpas pa din kami sa budget. Dumating yung point na na-frustrate ako. Parang wala naman effect yung expense tracking ko. So mas lalo akong naging interested sa book na ‘to kasi parang kulang pa yung alam ko pagdating sa pag-manage ng pera.

Lahat naman tayo gusto na pag nag-retire tayo, sapat yung pera natin. Pero feeling ko kasi hindi pa ko sobrang knowledgeable para ma-achieve yung financial independence. Ang hirap nung gusto mo lang pero hindi mo naman inaalam kung pano. Kaya curious ako kung anong matuturo ng book na ‘to. And gusto ko rin yung title kasi hindi sya yung tipong, “How to be a Millionaire in 90 Days” (whut) or “How to be Filthy Rich”. Gusto ko yung The Psychology of Money.
To rephrase an old saying: everyone talks about retirement, but apparently very few do anything about it.
Yung pinambili ko ng Cricut, printer at materials para masimulan yung sticker shop ko, nabawi ko na π

Siguro nasa $1,000 yung pinuhunan ko para makapagsimula. And nabawi ko na! π Kumita pa ng $25 (1k pesos). Yahoooo!
As of now sarado pa din yung shop ko kase lilipat na kami sa bagong apartment sa Saturday. Excited na ko pero paniguradong pagod nanaman kami sa paglilipat. π©
Wala kaming pasok ngayon ni Kenneth pero ang busy ng araw na to.

