It has a variety of meanings for many people. But for me, money is just a tool to satisfy our needs and wants. My retirement goal is to stay away as far as I can from something that required money. You need to ask yourself, what money can satisfy your needs and wants? To me, my need is food. I don’t buy much clothes. I don’t buy much shoes, or bags. It’s foods, water bill, electricity bills, internet bills and a house I can call a home.
I want to retire earlier than compulsory age. I want to have a living where I don’t need to worry about bills, mortgages, and foods. my focus for retirement is to go back to basic life and needs. I want to be away from massive traffic jammed. I want to be away from toxic circle friends and families. I just want to be alive and enjoying each my day n seconds, glorifying life surrounding me. I had enough of this fake world and getting back to real purpose or living.
I set my target, to retire in the next 10 years, insya Allah.
Wow, it’s been 10 months since I updated my blog due to workload and stress. Finally, I’m freedom from Corporate World! haha, temporarily 😃
I was thinking, due to economy not stable etc, our daily expensive increase significantly lately. I know I need to do some side income, because daily life these days becoming soo expensive. I’m still survive, because of my minimalist living. But I want more than enough so that I can help those who need it, especially my families.
I’ve seen in front of my eyes how people who used to have millions in their account on surviving mode now. In my country, Malaysia, most people are working in Corporate Company, having EPF (Employees Provident Fund) saved monthly with free contributions from employer, monthly. But, I saw when they reached 55 years old and finished their saving money even before they reached 60. It’s stipulated in my mind that I still need to work even though I reached a mature age of 55 years old to take out my money.
Here is the thing on what usually happened, when someone reached 55 years old, most scammer can “smell” the new money. So, mostly people will fall for scammers. Well, I don’t wanna be such. I wanna build my own business right now, so by 55 years old, it can run itself with minimal supervision.
If you wanna get into business in Malaysia, you need to register SSM (Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia) and choose an appropriate type of business. Well, it was not a smooth process for me, but eventually I managed to get my SSM certificate. Yay!!
So, here we go, bismillah to start my business.
pssstt, well, I had eventually finished renovating my new home. Will share in the next blog on my new renovated home and share some tips on how to manage new house renovation from the beginning. 🥰
I think it’s not too late yet to wish ALL of you, A Happy New Year!!!!
This year is a huge year for me as I’d accomplished most of the things that I want in my life. Wee!! 🥳
It’s been 7 years since I was becoming a minimalist. Below are things I had achieved throughout my journey 🥰
Things I’ve achieved by being a minimalist for 7 years:
More space for my home: I have sold and donated a lot of my things such as dresses, aquariums, exercise tools, etc. I just recently shifted to my a new home which already has a gym downstairs. So I won’t need boxing glove, boxing wraps, boxing knee pads, barbell etc.
More savings for mental happiness: When I stop buying clutters, I have some enough money to go to spas, hotels, and resorts. Recently there are a lot of websites which you ca have a cheaper price for entrance, hotel rooms, theme parks. Mental health is as important as physical health too. By being a minimalist, I’m morefocusedg on balancing both my physical and mental health.
Career goal achieved: This is not easy things to have, but I combined with my faith that to achieve a good environment, good colleagues and bosses and achieving my desire salary. I’m successfully balancing both desire salary with good environment by end of 2024. Alhamdulillah, praise to God. 🤲
More savings for other property: Well, I have 2 properties now. One of it I rent it out, and another one I’m staying with right now. initially, I didn’t plan to have 2 properties. Luckily, support by our government before, in the year 2021, I managed to get another one property. I was thinking this as backup retirement plan when the retirement money finished, so I have property to rent it out. It’s not easy if you need to repair on structure such leaking pipe, leaking bathroom etc. I’m trying to get rid of one property, but unfortunately, I’m still not success. So, I just rent it and be my backup plan. It’s not urgent to sell too, so I just keep the 1st property as a backup plan.
More savings for additional retirement plan : Yes, I’m buying another insurance just cover the remaining years, coz for the 1st propert, my loan was for 35 years, however the insurance only cover for 30 years. The second property loan was 35 years, and insurance just cover for 20 years. There is a huge gap and I just buy 1 insurance to cover the missed gap 😃. Other than this, I’m having another insurance which is the maturity age of 70 years old. I still thinking the best way for retirement plan other than the KWSP funds. I don’t think KWSP is enough for a retirement plan due to high raise inflation.
Focusing on retirement plan: Other than mandatory fund KWSP, I wanna diverse more funds for retirement savings. I have seen, most retirees will go broke after 10 years of retirement. The savings need to beat the high inflation to these days’ economy.
In term of financial, currently, I’m still recovering from renovation my house and insya Allah in the next 1 or 1.5 years,I will recover my finances fully and have a positive cashflow with cash in my hands.
I will share in the next post regarding how I manage my home renovation without being broke. hahaha!! It might be helpful for those in the mid of renovation your houses. Took me several months to plan out my renovation and being a main contractor to my own house.
Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah SWT that I finally settled down with the new home. Syukran.
Hello, everyone!! It’s quite some time I’m away as I’m busy with job and housing stuff.
Phew, finally, I managed to settle down and shifted some of my stuff over to the new house.
It requires a lot of planning and efforts. Thank you to those who always support me behind my back. Without all of you, I won’t be able to do it by myself alone.
Check this out the bare unit, yet to complete. Insya Allah will be completed by end of December 2024 🥰
The Entrance of the houseLiving RoomBalcony, yes, it’s the French Balcony. 😂 Ideally, I don’t have Balcony, just sliding doors 😝View from Living Room, for kitchen and entrance. Kitchen is too small, I did hack n levelling the yard to make it look bigger. 🤪Okay, the idea of this house is dual key, but as I will stay here so I will make a laundry room for this space. 🥰So many defects, it took around 3 months to finished all the major defects. This is the masterbedroom toilet.MasterbedroomMiddle roomSmall room.
That’s all for now, I will report the after renovation when everything completed.
It’s been awhile I’m away due to business with my job. Whoott!! Whoottt!!! How are you guy? Hope u are doing great.
So, it’s been about 2 years I’m busy with the work project, now it’s finally over!!!! And it means, it’s time to look forward for better opportunity!!
Satisfied with all hard work throughout 1year plus, now finally I can take a leave and rest. So tomorrow gonna be Public Holiday, and the next day I’m taking leave. Whoooot!! Whoooot!!
You must be wondering why am I feel so happy, because I’m gonna meet up my cousin sister and It’s been ages we don’t hang out together. Previously will be somewhere around 2017, we sleepover and now is 2024. 7 years ago, now we are back doing some crazy stuff. Nah!! nothing much crazy, just wondering around in a hotel and we gonna try and explore more on what they have in that hotel.
So tomorrow, we gonna check in Cyberview Resort & Spa. We gonna try out the spa and also nearby restaurant.
Check it out for next post!!!! Whooott!! Whooott!!! 🥰
Wollaa…what’s up, Everybody? It’s been ages I didn’t update my blog. Sorry guys, been really busy these days, weeks, months and about a year. haha!! 😃
Well Well Well, it’s just around the corner, we are about to enter year of 2024!! Hoho!! Time flies so fast…and now the world is ending…hurmmmm.
Well everyone, I’ve successfully managed to live a minimalist lifestyle for about at least 5 years, to be honest, I really love the lifestyle and bring a lot of positive vibes. especially when I stopped buying junk stuff, and selling my junk stuff. Keep my environment clean n tidy.
As for now, I have a new things to unlock, where I’m looking forward a place to settle down and built my own sustainability and zero waste house. Yes!!! U heard it correctly and clearly. I wanna built a family with sustainability and zero waste home. Then, I wanna have my own farm and a run a restaurant. But before hand, it required a loooooooOoooot of research, the risk and impact to each item I wanna unlock moving forward 2024 and onward. WeehoooOooo!!
Babe, to be honest..the minimalist lifestyle makes me having some extras, where I can proceed my future goal on the next level..which is..sustainability and zero waste. Hihihi!!!
So guys, stay tuned! Looking forward for sustainability and zero waste residential and restaurant for the new achievements. Insya Allah 🥰❤️🥰
Hey Everybody!!! It’s been a very long time I didn’t update my blog!!! How are you, guys?? Missing me? hahaha..I hope everyone safe and sounds 🥰
Well, it’s been for over a month that I’m really busy with project kick-off, just it now that I have some time to sort my life back to my norm life. Hahaha..So, here we go, posting some throwback for the company dinner.
The table setupWe sat randomly, idk who is next to us, just introducting each other 😀The food is not that bad, the most nicest is the grilled lamb 😋 *not in the picture*so-so, a bit dry and bitter..with caramel sauce..not my favThe gift that we received from the dinner….sustainable toiletries 🥰Tadaa!! when open the wrapping..Other gift was flask and mug…❤and last but not least….the Patchi Chocolate. It was awesome 🥰❤🥰
I really had fun the night, tummy was happy. Thank you, MNRB and TIGB for the awesome dinner. They do have artist as MC and for performance, but Im more into food and gift 😃😂🥰😋
Hola!!! cómo estás? How are you? Hope you are all in good health, insya Allah 🥰
Today, I wanna share with you, the changes on myself after being a minimalist since 2018, so here we go…
1. Starts love being at home more than outside – busy cooking, clothes laundering, room cleaning, organizing clothes etc
It started from the pandemic, when everyone been lockdown and be at home 24/7. I spend most of my time, cooking a nutritious food, spending time doing my laundry and folding my clothes right after dried, then straight keep it in my wardrobe. I also, found myself at home, busy wiping dust in my room, sweeping the floor and also maintaining my bedsheets, pillow etc. I’d found myself, always decluttering my wardrobe, until I have few empty hanger. Im really excited achieving this and I feel happy and self-content on this changes on me, for over 4 years being a Minimalist ❤🥰❤
Making a simple and nutritious big breakfast. I eat the fruit first, before others. So, stomach will full of fiber first as it’s good for digestion system.I became addicted to Cleaning and Organizing stuffs 😃
2. Earning some extra cash money – selling unused items to buy gold
Okay, another thing I sort of knowing Im align with Minimalist is that, I earn some cash money from decluttering my unused items!! 😃
Yes! You hear it right! Those unused items, I took pictures and sell in online. Hahaha!! Sound funny, but hey!! I got 1 gold ring with the accumulated money I sold!! So, those unused items, you may donate if you want, or just resell it!! Sell it with cheap price, coz in the end, you won’t use it too, and its kinda some sort of charity coz you sell it cheap. But, in return, I got 1 ring gold!!! Hahaha! I’m proud of it, Alhamdulillah 🥰
Some Betta Fish set that I no longer use. Total cost spend about RM 100++, but I sell it for RM 35, the guy asked for RM 30, I just accepted it. So, it’s somehow doing charity + get some money too 😃😃😃
3. Having more extra time, as reducing time in maintaining daily routine – laundry, wiping/cleaning room
Okay next thing is, I’m having more extra time for myself as my things had reduced for clean up. My weekly dirty clothes reducing too, as before being a Minimalist my weekly dirty clothes usually pile up full or more than 1 big basket. But now, I have not reach 1 normal basket for 1 week clothes. Then, washing and drying clothes time reduced as well because I don’t have much clothes to wash. Extra those time I have, I will spend by folding the dried clothes and put it into my wardrobe nicely. It looks nice in the wardrobe too, as less clothes need to be displayed and can put it into a proper hanger.
Im happy to see more hangers than clothes in my wardrobe 🥰
It was easy to maintain my room now, as more of stuffs are gone and only left empty floors. I love it so much, as it was easy for me to sweep and wipe my floor. Haha!! I did wipe my floors by hand, and Im not using mop 😃
I have more time to spend vacuuming my bed. Yes! I vacuum my mattress, quilt and pillow. Haha!! Surprisingly, there are some dust too, eventhough its under the bedsheet, and pillowsheet. So, it is recommended to either vacuum, or hang those under the sunlight 🥰
Vacuuming the mattress, quilt and pillow biweekly basis 😀
4. Having more space and my room looks cleaner most of time – in wardrobe and room
Yes, absolutely. When I let go most of my things, absolutely I will have more spaces. I love and admiring empty spaces more than spaces with lot of unwanted stuffs. I had once, stayed alone in my previous home, and when my parents came over, my mom always complaining that why my home is “Too Empty”? Hahaha. I enjoy less stuff most of the time coz it is easy for maintaining and cleaning job 😃🥰
A clean floor, if I have my own new house I will have a robot to keep it clean most of times. Little helper required 😍
5. I’m now addicted to Organizer – Organizer is More than my Stuff
I’m now addicted to Organizing Videos, Organizing trick and tips and busy organizing everything including my medicine, car, clothes and stocks.
Yes, this is absolutely time reducing to find things in my room. I don’t frequently changing my organization location, and I love to maintain my organization time by time. Meaning to say, I love maintaining my organizing stuff, especially my stocks such as Shampoo, Body Gel, Toothbrush, Toothpaste etc.
My beauty and cleaning stocks, I organized it into 2 boxes, and kept it in my wardrobe, on top shelf 😃Inside the wardrobe and on top of the shelf 🥰Another example, is my First Aid. I keep all medicine in this kit, so I no longer need to find plaster under drawer, oitment in wardrobe etc. Everything will be in this First Aid box. 🥰
Good afternoon everyone!! Its Thursday, guys!! 1 day to goo…before we meet weekend again!! Weehooo!!! 🥰
Well, I just want to share with you what are my hobbies as a minimalist, to feel content and keep clutters away in a better way. ❤
So, here we go…😉
1. Making A DIY project.
As I being a minimalist, my characters are slowly change. I spend most of my time sitting home, and maintaining my things at home. One of my fav things to do is, to redesign, and reuse existing things I have. I have Burlap, Ribbons, Wrapping papers, Sponges etc at home, from my previous business plan. Why am I buying these stuff? Well, I thought when pandemic happened, I will loose my job. However, it turn out that I got more job offers. Alhamdulillah 🥰, so I have never starts my business. So, here all are the stuff,s that I need to get rid by making a D.I.Y stuff ❤🥰❤
Before decorating my dustbin 😕After decorating my dustbin 🥰
2. Strolling the park.
Another what I like to do is strolling the park. I love nature so much, especially forest. It calms me when I have anxiety or problems. To go forest alone, is very risky. So, I choose to stroll the park whichever has little/mini forest nearby 🥰
I climbed up 3rd floor of the watch tower. Its so relaxing. Next time, Im gonna bring hot tea/black coffee with me 😃
3. Explore new recipe in kitchen.
I love exploring new recipes on internet. First trial, I will try the original recipes, then for 2nd and 3rd trial I will modify the recipes, and jot it down all the modification I made. 🥰 i love creating my very own recipes according to my own taste bud. ❤
I cut the dumpling’s skin into half, coz its too big. I cut into small bite sizes 😃🥰
4. Decluttering own room/space.
Well, this is like a ‘ritual routine’ for me 😅. Most of time, I will take a plastic bag and walk around the room, stand by if I can throw anything into it 😂. Clearing out my wardrobe, my workspace, my bathroom etc..and Im really enjoying it. I enjoy clearing my room, clean and tidy my space area 🥰.
Make up my bed every morning is my mandatory ‘ritual routine’ 😂
5. Sell off unwanted items.
Yes!!! This is sooo cool. Previously, I just throw every of my unwanted items. But now, thanks to my Mr Love, he suggested to sell it off. Since I started, I think in end october or early november, I made around RM250 of my unwanted items and plus ++ I cleared my space. Weeee!!!!~~ Its fabulous 🥰🥰🥰
Someone gonna pick these from my room. I have 3 aquarium 😂 another one to let it go..🥰
Okay guys, I think thats all for now. Im sharing with you what I usually do to declutter my things, and keep myself content ❤🥰
My Minimalist Lifestyle 