2022 is coming to an end & it is time for me to share with all of you again what I did well in 2022 & what can I do better moving forward. 2022 is definitely a better year compared to 2020 or 2021 due to the pandemic. For 2022, I find this year to be more on overall recovery compared to the year before. While writing this, I am actually back to where I used to travel a lot with my family since I was young. Although the town of Hatyai feels the same, I am happy that there are more activities & places that I can relate such as cafes & even a BJJ gym in such a small town.
Financially, I find that my overall income has increased due to my business & my work. With lesser money spent on traveling the year before, I have diverted my money to strengthen my investment portfolio & also to renovate my current house. I have also increased my automated investment portfolio by 20% between 2021 & 2022.
Although my investment portfolio did not perform well due to the market economy situation, I am taking this opportunity to keep investing & capitalizing on the market situation. I strongly believe & am optimistic that the market will recover in 2-3 years to come. I have preached a lot about how can we make money during the market downturn & investing during this period will definitely help in the future.
As for my business, my finger tape business is expanding due to an increase in demand. During the pandemic, many sports including BJJ & rock climbing are not allowed therefore the demand is lesser. When all those businesses are allowed to operate again at the end of last year, my business started to pick up. Similarly, it is the same for my gym as well. We have many returning customers & new customers. This has also resulted in the opening of my new branch on the mainland of Penang. This is another achievement for me since my first branch just celebrated our 10th year anniversary & the second branch is a blessing of the hard work that was done by my trainers & partners.
One of the things that I missed the most is actually Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) competition where I was hoping to compete more overseas. Although I did not compete much in 2022, I actually competed twice, once in Johor & another in Bangkok where I managed to get 2 silvers & 1 gold.
This blog has been active since 2018. One of the things that I am hoping for each year is to inspire & guide all of you based on my investing & life experiences. Based on 2022 Google Analytics from January to 10th December 2022, the blog is still having consistent traffic for each year. Each year, what I hope for from the blog is more engagement with all of you so I can actually get more feedback on the blog & also sharing from your end. 4 years of running this blog, I am proud to be featured by HSBC recently for one of their talks in March 2022 which marks one of my significant events. Hopefully, there will be more events that I will be featured in, in the future.
Conclusion:
I can’t express how thankful I am to be living such a beautiful life despite there being some issues here & there. I rather choose to focus more on the beautiful side of life than the bad side of it. I am blessed to have my family & friends that are always supporting me in everything I do. I am also thankful to have all my BBM readers who have supported me since day 1 or along the way. Without you guys, I won’t be motivated to write consistently each week. Again, thank you so much for your support.
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