(Series Part 3): Gentle Money, Real Life – How to Create Space in Your Budget Without Feeling Deprived

Title (Series Part 3): Gentle Money, Real Life – How to Create Space in Your Budget Without Feeling Deprived In the first two parts of this series, we looked at how small choices shape your financial life and how to understand where your money actually goes. Once you see your four envelopes—fixed costs, variable spending, … 더 읽기

(Series Part 1): Gentle Money, Real Life – Why Small Financial Choices Matter More Than Big Plans

Title (Series Part 1): Gentle Money, Real Life – Why Small Financial Choices Matter More Than Big Plans Money is everywhere in our lives, but most of us don’t really like thinking about it. We tell ourselves, “I’ll take it seriously when I earn more,” or “I’ll start saving after this busy month is over.” … 더 읽기

10 Blogging Mistakes I Made Before Getting AdSense Approval

Before my site was finally approved by Google AdSense, I made many mistakes that kept my content quality low and delayed the approval process. Looking back, these mistakes were completely avoidable, and fixing them made a huge difference in how my site looked and performed. In this article, I will share the biggest blogging mistakes … 더 읽기

Tiny Experiments: A Quiet Way to Improve Your Work

Tiny Experiments: A Quiet Way to Improve Your Work How small, low-risk tests can slowly reshape your days Big changes sound exciting, but they’re also heavy: they take time, planning, and courage. Tiny experiments are different. They’re small, low-pressure tests you run inside your existing life to see what actually helps, without promising to change … 더 읽기

Writing and Designing for Tired Users

Writing and Designing for Tired Users Plain, predictable interfaces for people who just want to get things done A lot of modern design chases “delight”: animations, clever wording, and surprising interactions. These elements can be fun once or twice, but when you use a product every day—especially when you’re tired—they slowly become noise. What most … 더 읽기

Getting Better at Being Just Okay

Getting Better at Being Just Okay Productivity and self-improvement for people who are already tired Most productivity advice assumes you want to become a high-performance machine: waking up early, stacking routines, optimizing every hour. That version of self-improvement has its place, but it ignores a simple reality: many days, you’re just trying to stay afloat.mervynchua+1 … 더 읽기

Continuous Innovation in Small, Almost Invisible Steps

Continuous Innovation in Small, Almost Invisible Steps Why tiny updates matter more than big announcements When people hear “continuous innovation,” they often picture big launches, bold redesigns, and dramatic before-and-after screenshots. In reality, the changes that make daily life better are usually small, almost boring: a button moved closer to where your cursor already is, … 더 읽기

A User-First Philosophy for Tired People

A User-First Philosophy for Tired People Designing tools and systems for the version of you that has no energy left Most “user-first” slogans seem to target an ideal person: focused, motivated, and eager to click through a product tour. This guide is not for that person. It’s for the tired user—the one who opens a … 더 읽기