when do I get my adult certificate?
Since I chose to stay in China when the pandemic first began, for a period of 8-months, 90% of my social circle was gone. Flight cancellations and changing re-entry rules for foreigners meant when we broke up for holidays in January 2020, it wouldn’t be until October 2020 that many of them came back to…
This August, for the first time in 16 years, I went to visit my ancestral lands in southern China. The previous time I went back it was to say my last goodbyes to my grandfather. I was 11 then, I’m 27 now. You’d think I would have learned about the importance of time and family…
My birthday has come around again and since last year I did a 26 pictures for my 26th year I figure I’d do the same this year. Below are my top 27 pictures since my last birthday and some thoughts about each. They’re not the best photos I’ve taken but rather ones that represent the…
In September I started an online Master’s of Mathematics for Teaching. I’m doing well, learned a lot, and will be taking a break for this next semester. I feel like I’m no longer clear on why I’m pursuing this degree because it links with one of my (many) fears: I worry that I’m bad at…
In February’s finance review I posted that I spent under $200 for that entire month. The major contributor is the COVID-19 quarantine all of China is experiencing. The very blasé summary: I stayed because I don’t like hot beachy places, or spending money, or becoming nocturnal, and I found out other people were staying. Life…
It feels like my 20s are an ongoing series of existential crises with multiple sequels that nobody asked for and yet keep coming anyways. Every once a while, it drops a life lesson at some inconvenient time. Discipline is not just a mental game. When I was younger, I wanted more motivation so reaching my…
Spending Report: 590.83 The single most costly thing this month was renewing my VPN subscription for roughly $120CAD. I briefly debated not having it as the school wifi came with VPN, but it has come in handy to have two before. I bought more clothes these 4 months than all of last year combined. That…
Spending Report: 674.79 Here’s what it looks like without the savings rate. There’s an increase of roughly $30 from August which seems inconsequential, but I fear a slippery slope situation where I keep on letting things slide and then suddenly I’m only saving $1000 every month (!!!). Yes, yes, boohoo, worried about saving only 85%…