Levels of Development

Levels of Development: Values and Morality

If life is a game, then how do we level up? I seek to answer this question and propose different levels available to us in all aspects of life. I'm going to call this Levels of Development. Just some guidelines and goals to work towards, and thinking about what's possible.

Levels of Development

Levels of Development: Relationships

If life is a game, then how do we level up? I seek to answer this question and propose different levels available to us in all aspects of life. I'm going to call this Levels of Development. Just some guidelines and goals to work towards, and thinking about what's possible.

Levels of Development

Levels of Development: Physical Health

If life is a game, then how do we level up? I seek to answer this question and propose different levels available to us in all aspects of life. I'm going to call this Levels of Development. Just some guidelines and goals to work towards, and thinking about what's possible.

Levels of Development

Levels of Development: Mental Health

If life is a game, then how do we level up? I seek to answer this question and propose different levels available to us in all aspects of life. I'm going to call this Levels of Development. Just some guidelines and goals to work towards, and thinking about what's possible.

Levels of Development

Levels of Development: Finance

If life is a game, then how do we level up? I seek to answer this question and propose different levels available to us in all aspects of life. I'm going to call this Levels of Development. Just some guidelines and goals to work towards, and thinking about what's possible.

HowTo

Assemble your own computer science degree

Seriously, there are so many good resources out there these days that it seems we don't really need the formal path anymore. Best of all, they're all low-cost or free. The main challenge with doing something like this instead of the normal university route would be a lack of discipline

Career

3 great career planning tools you should use

Instead of just thinking about your career randomly and forgetting what you decided on before, I recommend doing it more systematically. There are three main tools that I use for this. Journalling For me, writing is a good way to get my thoughts out of my head and into a

HowTo

How to sell more on Carousell

Carousell is a great platform, and I'm really happy it exists. I've sold a couple of big ticket items there amounting to about $500, and I wanted to share some tips on selling on the platform. Install Carousell on your phone This makes it easier for you to respond to

HowTo

How to buy better on Carousell

Carousell is a great marketplace for everything - from secondhand (or even brand new!) goods to cars and apartments. I've bought about 25 items from Carousell, found my current apartment through Carousell and most recently started selling on Carousell too. I like that I can take pretty good items off

Career

Why being realistic is unrealistic

A lot of the time, when people say "let's be realistic", it tends to sound as if the only things that exist are the things that are possible right now, and we shouldn't entertain ourselves with big goals that are unlikely to happen. It can be short-sighted, cowardly and not

Gaming

How I permanently psyched myself out of video games

Have you ever played this game called MapleStory? I used to love the quests, and played for the story; I couldn't understand the people who grinded levels without playing the different stories. Some of the music still sticks with me today, and I especially liked the Ellinia home music. I

Time

Things take time

Some things just take time to grow, and it can pay to be patient. Got a blog with a shiny new domain? You need to wait six months for the domain to be considered old enough for monetisation with Google Ads. People need time to discover your content, too. Jobs

Climate change

How I concluded that I should blog to save the planet

I spent a long time thinking about my career and what I want to do, and my current conclusion is that I should blog to save the planet. How it all began When I was very young, I watched many documentaries on nature - I would recognise David Attenborough's voice

HowTo

If you feel lost, ask yourself these questions

There are six big questions in life, and they're not just for journalists. That's right - it's your favourite who, what, when, where, why and how. Surprisingly apt when applied to life. They can help bring you clarity if you feel lost and don't know what your next step should

HowTo Featured

What can you do about climate change? (Data-driven)

In part inspired by Bret Victor's post [http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/] in a similar vein, from a long time ago. I made a deck of almost everything I know about the actions we can take that will actually reduce our carbon footprint. It turns out that there are just four

HowTo

How to build a free landing page with conversion

About 5 months ago I hacked together something really simple with Mailchimp and Stripe. I didn't bother with optimising it at that point; it was more of a proof-of-concept that I wanted to try. I want to teach you to do the same. Customer experience flow It was basically: 1.

Money

You don't need three oxygen masks

There's a saying that goes like this: "Put your own oxygen mask on first." It's supposed to remind people to take care of themselves, first and foremost. Good advice that I should be applying myself, too. But I notice something else - the second part of the saying isn't mentioned

HowTo

A quick look at meal replacements in Singapore

I've always wanted to outsource cooking and eating as much as I could. I've been cooking for myself for the past couple of years, but it takes up about 8-10 hours a week and I see it as a chore. To me, food is mostly functional and I try to

University/College

How to finish MOOCs in a week (Coursera, edX or any platform)

As part of university I had to finish a couple of online courses. I eventually created a system that helped me to learn the content and also finish the course within a week. All this is best done on a laptop, though I've watched some of the videos on mobile

University/College

Staying local for uni: graduation post-mortem

Back at the start of my university life, I had two options - either stay in a local university for free, or head overseas to the UK to study for a hefty price tag. I had always wanted to go overseas to experience living on my own and being completely

Research Featured

Research as a career

For most of my undergraduate life, I was thinking of doing a PhD or some other form of research, so I ended up spending a lot of time finding out about it. If you're also interested in doing something similar, I hope my findings help. What is research? The research

University/College

How to make the most out of university

I just graduated and I had a pretty good time in university. I had good grades, a bunch of extracurriculars, went overseas, and made friends. Here's what I did and how you can do the same. Before you start... What are your goals for university? Is it to network? Prepare