⚡️ By Kevin Huynh ⚡️
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← Older posts Newer posts →Automating Your Finances
January 15, 2014At work, I’ve always loved thinking through processes. There’s just something about identifying the most efficient way for inputs to lead to outputs, and I should have figured that I could apply the same rigor to my personal finances. In …
Posted in Advice, Blog, Finance | Tagged personal finance | Leave a commentI’m Learning About Money
December 30, 2013Personal finance is one of those topics that’s easily overwhelming. Last year, I caught myself repeating the same worries. “Stocks, bonds, 401ks, IRAs? There’s just too much to comprehend.” “I have no idea what all of those experts are talking …
Posted in Blog, Finance | Tagged i will teach you to be rich, larry swedroe, personal finance, ramit sethi | Leave a comment5 Absurdly Worthwhile Under-$10-Purchases I’ve Made In The Past Year(ish)
June 2, 201334oz bottle of Valentina Hot Sauce $1.99 at Associated Market, Park Slope, Brooklyn The setting: March 10, 2012, shortly after my 24th birthday. In either a complete lapse of judgement or ultimate gift to the hot sauce heads of P. …
Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Leave a commentI don’t read books.
May 19, 2013Until the beginning of this year, I didn’t read books. When envisioning the quintessential 21st century gentleman, amidst the brogue boots and well sculpted scruff, I’m convinced the man reads. He’s read classics, he reads regularly, hell he’s read his …
Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged reading | Leave a commentMy Mother, In Her Zone
May 13, 2013A few weeks ago, my mother announced to the family that she was nominated for Employee Of The Year at her hospital. My initial thought was, “Whoa mom, that’s a pretty big deal.” From past conversations I knew her hospital …
Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged featured, mom, mother, mother's day | 1 CommentWhat’s your favorite thing to do on the weekend? Explore.
April 29, 2013If you asked me to describe my dream Saturday, I’d immediately tell you that after breakfast tacos it’s all spent exploring. Any type of exploring is fine. High fives if you’re out in the world, seeing new things, and boosting …
Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged explore, exploring, NYC | Leave a commentA Simple Way To Better Stay In Touch With Your Family
December 10, 2012My family is spread out. With work, travel, and varying timezones, it’s difficult to stay in touch. I think it’s easy to say that all you need to do is try a bit harder, but it’s trickier than that. Even …
Posted in Advice, Blog | Tagged apple, connected, family, group text, iphone, stay in touch, text message | Leave a commentRespect and The Art of Rap
December 5, 2012Ice-T: Why do you think that rap music … doesn’t get the full respect of jazz and blues? Marley Marl: I think it’s because we’re not banded together like jazz and blues artists. You know, you’ll see reunions with jazz …
Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged art of rap, hip hop, ice-t, marley marl, rap, respect | Leave a commentWhat It Feels Like To Drown
February 8, 2012I drowned once. There wasn’t a white light, and there wasn’t a tunnel. In fact, it was all purple. Purple, purple, purple… dark and light shades of purple as if I was swimming in a sea of Kool-Aid. Chest ready …
Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged drown, drowning, experience, featured, how does it feel, what it feels like to drown | 3 CommentsBreathing Life Into The Common Camera
December 2, 2011A year ago today, we reached our fundraising goal for the Common Camera Project in 24 hours. I wrote this piece a few months ago as a short reflection on the whole ordeal. Thanks to everybody who jumped on board, helped …
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