Category: Dear Duit stories

Taking personal finance to another level by looking at it from a more holistic view.  How has the past year been for you? I’ve done a lot of reflection on myself and how I want to further evolve when things get a little more normal for the coming year (fingers crossed)! One thing I personally…

Money has always been a taboo topic within my family. Like most of us, my family never really talk about how they budget or manage their money. For most of my childhood it was from observation and how they behave around the money topic. Most of the time I assume I cannot ask for more…

Reflecting on my childhood, I remember we were given a book to write down our money spending during school – Buku Wang Saku. We also had to listen to a talk about how to manage our money. I remember only writing in it for a week and there was no follow-up after that. That was almost…

We have a choice daily on how we want to manage our lives. Every day we decide whether we’re willing to go the extra mile in ways that contribute to our financial needs. At times we drown ourselves in our work to chase that paycheck and ignore our own personal health. We stress out on…

In the middle of a pandemic what has been ringing in my ear is the sound of the leaders keep repeating that we are in this together. We are on the same boat. But the truth is we are not. As the pandemic extends, there has pushed many people to the extreme break. Yet most…

Are you being financially abused? Abuse comes in many forms and one of it is financial abuse.  In a marriage, money is usually co-owned but in many cases, the husband may control every aspect of finances and the wife doesn’t have access to it. If she needs to ask for money, the assumption is that…

I was interviewed by Her Duit recently and I have to say it was an amazing experience. Check out the podcast interview here! Our you can check it on spotify for more episodes from Her Duit! Nurul from @dearduit has a financial planning background but ventured into psychology instead. She realized that money management is…

Trampoline could be the only most effective workout you need! Here are the benefits of rebounding and some online workouts you can follow.  My daughter only went to school for 3 months in 2020. The rest of the time she was at home with my very active toddler. Both my kids are really active and…