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How I set my monthly budget

If you Googled “how to budget,” you would find a plethora of useful budgeting resources and information. That can be quite overwhelming for people new to budgeting and expense tracking. In this post, I will walk you through my monthly budgeting approach in an attempt to make budgeting easy. Grab yourself a cup of tea…

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Fashion investments: how I budget & save

As much as style gurus would have us believe otherwise, majority of fashion investments provide no investment returns like traditional financial investments for e.g. retirement accounts. I wanted to get this out of the way before proceeding further because I strongly believe women should pursue investments with solid returns over inconsequential fashion investments. That being…

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My running story | tips for beginners

For a long time, I’ve second-guessed sharing my running story because in my mind I’m not a runner. That said, running has been in some shape or form always been a part of my adult life. Growing up in a conservative family in Pakistan, I wasn’t ever encouraged to pick up exercise. May be because…

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How I write a to-do list that delivers without fail

My to-do list acts as a guiding light to organize my days and get things done. Over time, I’ve discovered little hacks that help me write a to-do list which puts procrastination on a leash and launches me into productivity mode without fail. In this post, I’m sharing those hacks. We’re all different though, so…

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My goals for 2021

First things first, a very happy new year to all readers of my blog! I wish you all the very best with whatever it is that you want to achieve this year. I’m usually consumed with new energy at the start of the year. But with how 2020 unfolded, it’s not surprising that my usual…

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