I got fired from Big Tech.
Now I study the mind, not the market.
Welcome to The Psychology of Money (Blog Edition). A catalog of my attempts to decouple my self-worth from my net worth in Singapore.
Disclaimer: This blog is a personal tribute inspired by Morgan Housel’s best-selling book, The Psychology of Money. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the author or his publishers.
10 Blogs that capture my journey so far….
” If your sense of self is sponsored by your employer, you don’t have a career—you have a lease. And leases can be terminated without notice.“
The Leader of Nothing: Why My Big Tech Identity Was a Ponzi Scheme
” High income without autonomy doesn’t create wealth—it creates fragility. If your life only works when everything goes right, it’s not stable. It’s leveraged “
High Salary in Big Tech along with an expensive lifestyle creates fragility.
” The fear of losing a lifestyle is often stronger than the joy of living it. Loss aversion turns optional comforts into psychological necessities”
Why Losing a Lifestyle Hurts More Than Having It Ever Helped
” Status tax isn’t paid in money alone—it’s paid in suppressed choices. When you stop optimizing for “log kya kahenge,” you recover mental bandwidth you forgot you had “
The Hidden Status Tax We Pay to Impress People We Don’t Even Like
” Play isn’t childish—it’s how adults recover parts of themselves that success quietly took away “
The Time Machine effect: Why returning to engineering roots is the best cure for midlife burnout.
” Scarcity isn’t about not having enough money—it’s about not trusting yourself without certainty “
The Scarcity Trap: Unlearning the middle-class fear of ‘wasting’ money while building wealth.
” Play doesn’t require bravery—it requires removing the threats that make fear rational “
The Friday Axe: Why building a foundation of boring income is the only way to fund a radical life.
” The most underrated form of wealth is the ability to work hard without needing immediate proof that it’s worth it “
The 8 AM Spark: How intrinsic motivation compounds when you stop working for the weekend.
” Stability protects you from shocks. Anti-fragility teaches you how to grow because of them “
The Portable Identity: Why building a hit-proof life is more important than a stable job.
” Wealth is waking up knowing your day is yours—even if future isn’t fully mapped “
The Sovereign Resident: Why owning your morning beats owning a fancy corporate title.
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Response to “Financial Independence: Why autonomy is the Only ROI That Matters”
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Thats a lot of slience
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