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No Buy Year: January Update

Posted on February 2, 2020December 5, 2020 by Figuringgitout

I’m on my first month of a no buy year! And I almost failed. Few times. There are so many temptations. Haaa another 11 months to go, help!

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It’s Not As Easy As “Just Save Your Money!”

Posted on January 27, 2020December 6, 2020 by Figuringgitout

I remember crying in the public when my partner said “Just save your money lah!” as he didn’t understand how did I not have any savings despite the fact that I’m earning more than him. I didn’t actually blame him for that, I was questioning myself as well. Still, I was sobbing so hard…

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Bye-buy: No Buy Year 2020

Posted on January 14, 2020December 5, 2020 by Figuringgitout

So I knew when I reviewed my 2019 spending that I have to take control of my financial life. I barely have savings and yet going through my spending, I realised I’ve made many unnecessary purchases that came from pure impulse buying. This has to change. So here I am, embarking on a full NO BUY YEAR journey!

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My Spending Review of 2019

Posted on December 30, 2019December 5, 2020 by Figuringgitout

I’ve no idea where my money goes. Even after following the prime financial advice of budgeting each month for few long months, I still ended up broke and going beyond my budget. Exhausted and defeated – in June 2019, I decided to go into the root of it all. I forgo budgeting to track my finances, both my income and expenses. I wanted to see what actually happen to my ringgit each month, so for the past 7 months, I’ve been living as usual with my regular income and spending without much restrictions on myself. Here’s the result.

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Let’s Get Personal (Financially)

Posted on December 26, 2019January 25, 2020 by Figuringgitout

If you’re looking for a Malaysian millennial who is struggling to get her financial life in order, working a 9 – 6 job, living paycheck to paycheck with minimum to none savings each month, doesn’t even have sufficient emergency fund in her bank accounts, reads a lot of financial advice but can’t seem to implement them in her life and deep down wants to improve her financial state – you come to the right place. Welcome. Let’s figuringgitout with me.

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FIGURINGGITOUT

figuringgitout (verb) an attempt to figuring(g)it out.

  1. with the (g); figure ringgit out
    – by ringgit, I mean personal finance.
  2. without the (g); figuring it out
    – by it, I mean life.

Yes, let’s figure ringgit and life out!

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