It feels Like Saving and investing is not Enough

I think savings as much as you can and save it on the highest yielding bank or in my case MP2 is a good thing.

But I still have present problem.

I am always in a state of frugality.

Frugality is not a bad thing though..., but its kinda tiring sometimes that you have to be encapsulated in a budget.

Not that I wanted to spend money like crazy or aim to be a one day millionaire to fill my brain with worthless sense of pride, I think I just sometimes want to breathe.

Like even I can able to save 10k a month out of frugality, I still cannot pay off debt.

And try out part time work - which I wanted to explore last year.

And with the little budget I have, I can't seem to do it all at once.

So what I am trying to say here, is that, its good that you save and invest as Dave Ramsey's suggest, but, I feel really restricted with what I earn.

And it saddens me.

As much as I want to do a lot of things at once, sadly I cannot do it.

And its really really sad though.

Anyway, I think this would be fine for me for now.

Instead of running after a materialistic dream.

As long as my mind is not clouded with materialistic desires, I think that is good enough.

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Protect Your Blessings

Protect your blessings.

A Prayer came True

Have you ever had an ultimate prayer you asked from the Lord and suddenly the Lord made a miracle and granted it to you.

I have those miracles or answered prayers, multiple times in my life.

But, on multiple occasions, those answered prayers became my worst nightmare.

One perfect example for this is working abroad.

When I had a chance to work abroad, it all get to my head.

Meaning, I have become prideful and confident on my own abilities.

And that is when it started to get ugly.

My dream became a nightmare. I neglected my health, ate a bunch of things I didn't know I am allergic to before, and ruined my memory. Hence at work, I failed badly.

Really bad.

Fast forward, to learning my lessons the hard way, now I realize that you have to protect your blessings.

Protect Your Blessings 

Yes, protect your blessings. 

In a work context, I made sure I am eating the right food for optimal brain function.

So I dont get forgetful.

I try to improve myself as well. I am not aiming on any promotions, but I would make my heart smile if I at least do a job well done.

I know it is a constant effort, but I think every blessing should be protected. 

You received a loveone, you have to work on it. Same with livelihood.

Anyway you are given, you have to be a good stewards of it.

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Salt Bath Against Body Odor

This is an embarrassing topic for me because I always thought that I am the cleanest and fresh person ever.

Back then I usually say to myself I do not need to take a bath because I smell great anyway.

But that backfired me because it created a bad habit of skipping bath.

On rainy days it is prevalent to get an athlete's foot because of the dirty pavement plus rain will plash on to your socks and soak your foot for a long time due to long hours of commute. And that is when it started.., plus combining the laziness to bath at home, brings me the curse of body odor.

I kinda tried a lot of remedy like tawas, virgin coconut oil, kalamansi, and bathwater with apple cider vinegar, but I think the most effective is hot bath water with salt ( like a pinch of salt).

Of course I still use the usual deodorant, I think brand does not matter.

Bath Salt

Adding salt to hot bath water and soaking your hand and feet has the most therapeutic feeling.

Not only it relieves muscles, it also removes itchiness and odor from my foot.

Since hot bath salt is easy to prepare, I think even when you do it every day it will not affect you negatively.

Also, if you feel like your underarm is starting to smell funky this is a great solution as well.

Not to mention my bumbs in my face significantly reduced.

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Always Hungry

This is just a reminisce of my experience about how I am always feeling hungry.

Student days Meals

When I was still a student and when I was working.

Like, when I was still a student, even after I eat lunch, I feel like I am still hungry.

I thought at first its because we are poor and I don't have more money to buy more food.

But more than that, I think its the quantity of meat I eat in a meal.

Most meat I ate when I was young is pork and chicken.

And my lunchbox is packed with rice and a teeny tiny piece of meat.

Well, that is how it is in our household because we need to portion out  food to a number of people- my siblings.

And even if I have money to buy snacks, I kinda opt buying fishball or kikiam which has zero meat in it.

On most part, I have biscuits as snacks and a pack of fruitjuice. Again, as in , zero meat.

My Food at Work

When I finally start earning money, I did not earn a lot by the way, but I think I remember what my go to food is fast food like Jollibee and Greenwich- of course anything affordable 

Yes it has meat- chicken or beef burger, Lasagna, pizza but I dont have that much money to buy for two pieces of chicken or add an extra layer of patties and with Greenwich the ratio of meat vs pasta or pizza bread is really poor. 

What I mean is, even if I am eating fast food which is my dream food at that time, the ratio of meat vs carbs is still imbalance. Well I think its pretty obvious that affordable foods is always heavy on carbs.

Yes, I feel full for sometime, because my tummy would look like it will explode, but it did not last long.

I am still as hungry and craving for the next meal.

Experiencing Carnivore

When I tried strict carnivore, I appreciate the guidance I got from "ever realiable source Youtube 😆" that you have to eat till you are full.

And I did just that. i eat a lot of meat.

But you all know the story, I did not stay carnivore because my body did not able to adjust to eating just meat.

That is why I brought back rice. And I feel I am not allergic to rice in any way.

But one takeaway I got from carnivore is that my meat portions should be bigger than the rice.

And I learned that beef meat is more substantial vs chicken.

I stay full longer with beef rather than chicken.

Lesson

My overall takeaway now and what is currently working for me is more beef meat vs ricr 

Yes I can eat chicken but I need beef in a day at least ♥️

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Sleep Update and my Brain

I have been really concious about my diet for the past 2 years (hope the estimate is close enough) - from keto then carnivore, then all beef with rice, cutting off dairy and all other tweaks I did with regards to my diet, I explored all these in able to improve my Mental Health.

Sleep

It would also be impossible not to include the topic of sleep, because sleep means healing.

If you have a good night sleep, it means that your body has the chance to heal itself.

And that is what I am all about. To heal my brain, my skin and all other benefits that comes with sleep.

Dairy

After experimenting about my diet, eliminating and adding foods back- due to cravings, I think I finally found out who is the culprit with my deteriorating health.

And that is dairy - btw that includes butter.

I love dairy even when I was young.

I drink milk even if I get upset stomach. Yogurt, Milk, cheese and butter, milk tea, custard donut... I crave and enjoy eating those food.

Anyway, I thought its only natural for an Asian to be lactose intolerant, but in my case, milk is a big factor why I cannot sleep and why I cannot think clearly.

It gradually ruined my brain.  It increased my brain fog and whack my concentration.

It's actually a miracle that I survived all this time. I mean, work wise.  Since brain is a mess, how is that I am able to work properly???

How I feel Now

With dairy out of sight, I think my life is a bit better.

I can able to have a good morning since I get enough sleep, I dont have a headache and I think I can able to hold a conversation now, with relates to work.

By continuing to be conscious, I hope I continue to heal. ♥️♥️♥️

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Teens, Hair, Personal Hygiene

I lived in a household where in both of my parents are working.

Hence, family time is just Saturday and Sunday.

As the eldest girl in the family, I get to learn the usual household chores with little training and guidance.

In a Filipino family I guess you would call it "scolding" or "nagging". 😆

What is most memorable about is about my puberty.

Transitioning from a girl to teen is quite a Taboo topic in our family hence this is rarely discussed or talked about, and add to that is because I am extremely shy.

Period 

As I get my first period, instead of telling it to my mom, I just handle it myself.

But it started getting hard to handle it myself bow as a year passed and menstruations gradually increased up to 5 days.

Without any allowance, I struggle to get where I should get my money to buy pads for 5 days?.

Looking back, my first year is a gift, because I only got my period every two months.

What I do get by, by sewing a piece of fabric in my underwear, just like my teacher told us in home economics.

But since the succeeding year is more frequent and the flow is increasing as well, I cant keep up sewing fabric.

Hair

One more thing about puberty is hair in armpits and down there.

I do not know what to do?

I bought razors and pluck my armpits.

While down below is a bit of a struggle because i get blisters when I tried to shave.

Eventually, I resorted to scissors fir down there, though its really hard to maintain it, as I need to do it very often.

Growing Chest

This one is a struggle as well.

Since I come from a poor family, baby bra's are not a priority. Hence, I became really shy and insecure at school for not able to move freely.

Body Hygiene 

Lastly, I struggled with body odor when I was in preteens possibly because of the added hair and activities I do like running. (still a kid at heart though)

I did tried natural remedies like calamasi and tawas, but I feel its not doing it.

I also struggle with athletes food, because at times like rain, its innevitable that my socks get wet and be soaked.

Looking Back

Fast forward now that I am 35 I have listed down the simplest remedy I do now for these problems.

1. Period -The easiest way is to just buy pads. Change twice a day. If you have to cry out to your family just to get you two packages of napkin, then do it.

I use charmie now, its very cheap 8 pads for 22 pesos (if i knew this product before, I should have bought this eversince).

2. Hair- for underarm, I swear on investing a wax warmer and a tin of wax (i bought mine for 1k on Shoppee while the wax is around 800- although its pricey I have been using it almost 4 years now) and wax paper (prise os like 60 pesos to 99 pesos for 100 pcs, I bought from Lazada or Shoppee) .

Waxing method is the easiest ever, time efficient and overtime my hair is somewhat not growing very vigorously.

For down there, what I use now is a cheap rechargeable hair trimmer for babies (around 200 pesos in Lazada). I chose a baby trimmer because that is the cheapest option, instead of buying a trimmer that is specifically marketed for women.

I still use wax for hard to reach areas though. you can try wax of your pain tolerance is high ( you actually can achieve this by visiting a waxing salon and then just do it yourself when you feel you are confident enough to pull the wax paper yourself)

So both of these methods are quick and easy.

For cleanup, you need to invest on tissue you can pick up the hair on the floor afterwards.

3. For Chest- I would say just buy straight to the yoga section from Bench. I think its economical that way. For one, you can use it till your 18 and two, it gives support since kids always run around.

4. Body Hygiene - the cheapest I use now is Fun G tawas, and aside from that its important that if you notice body odor amd athlete's foot, get a hot water put a bunch of salt and soak yourself there.

Just do it for 3 consecutive days and for sure you will notice the difference.

That is it.

That's the tip I have learned so far being a girl.

Yes, some of it are expensive but they really go along way.

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Part Time for Students

I am always on the look out for an easy work from home online part time job.

And I have friends introduced me to one, almost same from the ones I tried from Youtube. 

I visit an io website, then click some games, read some articles and refer some friends.

But guess what. 

I was never really paid from these sites ever, sadly. ☹️

Paymaya Wins

I think, out of a couple of "part time work from home" gig I tried, especially the ones that only requires cellphone, I get the most pocket money from referring for Paymaya.

It's not a life changing amount, but I remember back in 2020, I don't mind giving away free load to a friend because I earn the money relatively easy.

I remember as well that I can top up a month's worth of load i.e. 300 pesos load promo because I got balance from my e-wallet.

So for me, Paymaya Referral is something I really liked.

I also tried Gcash, but I did not receive a single cent from them. i think Globe are just expert for eating up your unused load for no reason 😆.

Paymaya Referral Invite

Strategies I use is mostly to comment my Paymaya Referral Invite to comment section of Paymaya Page in Facebook.

I also post in YouTube, now YouTube shorts and I write about it here in my blog and lastly, I also post on my Facebook account or Page.

With all those 3 platforms...

Once my referral download the Paymaya app and use my Referral Invite and have himself verified, the new user can immediately get 50 pesos in his e wallet and I get my share as well 😊.

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If you are looking for a bit of pocket money especially for highschool students ( you might need to use your parents account for the meantime because I think you should be 18 year old to use Paymaya).

But anyway, its a good amount of pocket money so you can buy load for yourself.

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Allergic to the Word "Hard Work" but wanted to be Rich

I have always been lazy.

This is hard to admit but I really am.

That is why I really hate listening to self help books, wanting to be inspired and then they tell you that in order to succeed in life, is you have to work hard. 🥺

Why not just win the lottery???

Or marry a rich man.

That would be fun. You can able to achieve your goals like travel, buy clothes, house and car easily.

I also easily believe on books like "the Secret", that says- the universe will rearrange itself for the things you desire. 🤦 <Facepalm>

I was so lazy, that although I pray, I thought I wasn't praying enough to get my desires. Desires like getting a lot of money for the purpose of enjoying stuff, that is what it meant to me back in my 20's.

But did you notice that although I pray, my priority is my desire already.

That is when I realised just now 2023, that was my downfall on that time of my life, my 20's.

Weather I became lazy or hard working, that doesn't matter anymore, because my mind is now idolising material things, that is where my sorrow starts.

I am still not perfect up to this day, but I am now wary of myself about material things.

I got a good guidance when I read the book My Legacy Journey by Dave Ramsey.

I really liked the book because, the life of Dave Ramsey's when he was young makes sense. And in some ways I am likr Dave.

But Dave Ramsey's is able to view money or should I say material things in the right way by analysing the scripture.

And again for me it makes sense.

Ultimately, Dave Ramsey's and his family are Christians hence it really aligned to what I believe in.

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Blocked Sim linked Paymaya

This is the step by step guide on how I successfully changed my Paymaya number.

Reason

First, to give a bit of background, my old sim card that is connected to Paymaya was somehow not working anymore.

The smart center in a mall that I visited says that you have to keep the sim card active by putting load to your number.

In which I am guilty, not doing so, because I mostly use my globe # predominantly.

So that is why, I panicked, because, I wanted to use my Paymaya,but I wasn't able to do so because I cannot receive OTP anymore from my sim card.

Hence, I went all of these steps.

Steps on How to Change your Paymaya Number

1. Call *888 ( I used my moms phone number since my sim card is totally disabled)

2. I told the customer representative what happened and she gave me the option of changing the number of my Paymaya

3. The customer representative gave me a reference number and instructed me to send the request to the email below.

4. Create a handwritten letter stating your reason for changing the number, include the reference number that the representative gave you and then print your name then sign th epaper. Take a picture then attach to your email. Send it to this email address:docs-support@maya.ph

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My Paymaya referral code was changed.

One thing I was sad about is because my Paymaya referral invite was changed.

But anyway, at least I am able to recover the account.

My Maya Bank is intact and my Ewallet amount is safe.

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My Food Allergy and Mental Health

Never would have thought that I will have a food allergy.

Upon doing the keto, later on carnivore diet ish, along the path, I stumbled to know that milk spells horror to my health.

I mean, while I really like the carnivore ish diet, I began to taste back the food that I love, like milk, sometimes butter and cheese ( and you guessed it, sometimes chocolate and little snacks that I eat before- but do not worry, I really limit it).

And as I introduce back the food I love before ( for the purpose of tasting them because I miss them), I found out, that I go back crazy when I eat those food.

<I also know I am allergic to food with preservatives but for the sake of the title I will discuss it to other post 😊>.

Mental Issues

1 example is I cannot stop my stage freight. I cannot work at all, my work right now requires us to have meetings.

2. I started talking again alone but not as severe as before because I ony intake a small amount of dairy.

Not sure of you are familiar with steak and butter gal - she is kinda known figure to carnivore YouTube world, but as much as I like to follow her, I just cant. My stomach crunches and my brain cannot function properly 😔.

I love dairy even when I was in college, but I cannot go back to them sadly.

Mental Health Improve

As I continue my carnivore ish diet -beef and small quantity of rice, I feel like I can function better.

I can hold conversations better. 

I can speak on a meeting, I am still nervous, but not to the extent that my voice will shake and I will stutter.

In conclusion, as much as I like cream and milk, I have to completely avoid them for the long haul. But its ok, as I would gladly trade it in to be a functional human being.

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Role models

Now that I am 35, I definitely understand the importance of having role models.

Especially in my time, the only role models I see are personalities on tv which mainly dont portray proper character to live a better life.

I often just see personalities wherein the more they insult people the more popular they are. The more you make yourself look better than others the better and apparently people will like you but that doesn't really happen in real life but only on variety shows 😞. Which is kind of scary, because in a real world, when you try to build business or work in a corporate job being arrogant, boastful and foul mouthed is the last thing you should do if you want to have a harmonious relationship with your colleagues or everyone else in general.

I think the famous person that I look up to now is Dave Ramsey when I have read his book The legacy Journey. It's pretty much describes his ups and downs, path to knowing his faith and how should he treat his money. 

I really think that this book has given me a online role model that I can copy because Dave Ramsey has shown his time when he was bankrupt which I can relate. (Not that I am bankrupt but if you follow my blog, you know I lost a lot on money in trading Forex and stocks.)

I can really relate to him because I am too is chasing money success/financial freedom blindly. And upon my downfall, I do not know what to do next?

I think that role models are really important so I can have a good idea on how to treat money so in turn I make better decisions. Truthfully earning money is a big goal for me that time and I was so devastated when I lost it.

But having a good Christian role model who teach about money like Dave Ramsey has opened my eyes not to be devastated.

My then greatest goal to be rich has been humbled down and not my priority anymore. Although I still have to check it in my heart sometimes because I really admit that I like material things, but at least I am learning that I should check my heart and stop myself from wanting things that I cannot bring when my physical body dies.

Anyway enough about my story, I actually wanted to write this post because of Andrea Brillantes. I really think that she is so beautiful but the persona that is being portrayed about her is copied from a person was from comedy shows. Sorry for being judgemental but I just feel like Andrea doesn't have the right role models around her. But she is still young and there are a lot of opportunities to meet someone as her good role model ♥️. And I genuinely hope she finds it soon because I see a lot of potential in her.

Going back to make my final point, role models are really important. I hope many people will have good role models at a very young age, you know for the obvious reasons. Actually, I was thinking would it be different if I knew about Dave Ramsey when I was in my early 20's?  Maybe yes maybe no? Either way I now live in the present hence I just have to live it from this point on. With the right role model, I do not feel as devastated as before. I do not feel lost and I have better clarity on what my priorities are due to the teachings of my role model. I think I'll end it here.

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Its easy to under eat on carnivore or low carb diet

Warning: This is another rant.

Being in a carnivore/lion or low carb diet here in the Philippines is really hard. Given the usual food choices in the usual places like mall or work place, the meat to carb ratio is really awful.

Even if at least you eat a small amount of rice, the meat on most meals are tiny.

And those small portions of meat especially with beef ulam (valiant) is so insignificant in which may result to undereating and starvation if in case you do not have enough budget to buy more.

That is why if you have inflammation to your body and eating too much carbs affect your life like I do and you are earning minimum wage here in the Philippines I would say it's really tragic. Almost 60% of my budget is dedicated to buying beef to prepare at home. If in case I wanted some junk outside and buy at fast foods I have to increase my budget.

I really feel defeated sometimes because I am not a great cook and I sometimes despise my own cooking. 

But for a good quality cut of ribeye, thankfully I get to learn to cook it and truthfully enjoy eating it l. (Here's the linkof the YouTube video I follow on cooking steak in a pan).

Anyway, the reason for this rant is because I still feel hungry, as much as I wanted to increase my meat intake I despise my cooking so much that I had enough (example of my cooking are beef bicol express, sometimes beef stew).

And now, I couldn't find ribeye steaks at my local meatshop ( Monterey Tungko SJDM), because they are out.

Apparently, they say they have to wait for the store to buy another carcass of beef to have ribeye. And I went there for 3 weeks already and their stock of beef (not steak) is still a lot, enough reason not to buy another carcass of beef. 

Anyway, I am really finding it hard to increase my beef intake and not go to starvation mode. With limited budget,  resources and skills its really hard to go low carb/ carnivore diet 😞.... this really is becoming a rant.

I especially feel alone too, because people who try carnivore diet wanted to lose weight, in which I am the opposite. I am too skinny already and my goal is to gain more kilos.... hence I have to eat more.

I hope I get better at cooking, at least I can make a cheap cut of beef tasty enough for me to eat it for the next two weeks. (That's what I do, I cook a big batch and freeze it then eat it fo the whole week). It will be so much better financially, and I really hope I can finally find my ribeye steak near my location. (I will try to look for it at Fairview Terraces or Robinson Fairview, if not, Monterey Novaliches- found out no Monterey in the market I went to, and if I have budget I like to look at S n R near SM Fairview. And the last option is online.😞 -Its just nerve wracking to buy meat online delivered at your door step because you wouldn't know the quality until you receive it....) plot twist.. I did not find ribeye but I am able to buy t bone for a cheap price and better quality at Cions Meat shop- and upon talking to the butcher, they always have ribeye in the morning I just need to be there early. I am excited to go there next week, even if the ribeye cut is not that fatty, I will see if I like it, buy initially I think its ok because their beef are locally sourced and is fresh everyday.

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Is it addiction or Mental Problem

I really cannot believe that brain can be damaged since it does not show obvious signs.

Like for example, being excessively addicted to something useless, and I cannot.....

I repeat, I cannot talk my way out of it.

I mean, addiction (not substance abuse) but addicted to a bad habit, should be relatively easy to break right?

But no matter how many motivation or advice from great people I get from (of course I am talking about people from the internet 🤣), I just couldn't cut away my bad habit aka addiction.

I have a theory that somehow you needed more than a will power to do, what you intended to do.

I think we needed a perfectly working brain.

To have a perfectly working brain, you need to be optimal in terms of you food choices(cough carnivore/lion diet) and overall health.

Well, this might be just a useless opinion of a random person over the internet, but I think it makes sense that if you eat crappy and your lifestyle is just walk inside your house, you will obviously develop depression. 

And its a mind thing right. Depression is a mind thing. 

It's how you think and feel about yourself but you look perfectly normal outside.

Depression is like, you thought you are depressed but in reality you are just not eating good food and moving a lot.

Let me repeat, bad lifestyle and bad food destroys how you think.

So in conclusion, possibly the reason why I cannot quit my addiction is because my brain is damaged. It is damaged not to the point of depression but damaged enough not to act/work/move of any resolve I have, like in this case breaking my addiction.

So, action plan should be, improve health, eat more beef and incorporate jumping exercises.

I hope that somehow, repairs my brain damage 🤣.

Not to forget sleep. I am thankful I am getting good sleep in a week already hence this is one less factor I have to think about.

Anyway, if in case you just feel lazy and doesn't have a will power to be a doer, blame it on your damaged brain. Says the random blogger here on the internet 🤣.

Anyway that is it for now. Thank you for reading all the way.

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The Unexpected Birthday Gift from Maya

❗I really appreciate Maya or Paymaya with regards to referral.

This is the easiest I've tried without  clicking on sketchy links, reading articles I am not even interested to read, or playing dumb games lifelessly just to earn points ☹️.

Paymaya Referral is the most rewarding referral activity I ever did.

And unexpectedly, this is the fisrt 50 pesos I received, after I changed my Paymaya Referral Code -due to disabled sim card.

And just in great timing, it came on my birthday.

I greatly encourage you, even if this is just 50 pesos referral per invite, the fact I can use it immediately without any hassle, is worth it.

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New Paymaya Referral Code

I am not sure if most people uses two sim card at the same time???

But I am counted to one of those people who uses two different kind of sim card just because I am using two different e wallets.

You guessed it, I am a Paymaya user and user of its direct rival Gcash😆.

But sadly, even though I am using both of these e wallets, I wasn't able to use their respective mobile number actively which leads to closure of the sim card.

The number one problem that popped out is, how can I use my Paymaya without the sim card?

Using an e wallets always requires an OTP.

But since I cannot retrieve my old number, I have no choice but to call *188.

As I speak to the Paymaya representatives, I went thru the process of changing the mobile number of my Paymaya account.

Hence, as I go through that process and completed it, I noticed that my referral code was changed.

The amount of my wallet and Maya savings is still intact but sadly my Paymaya referral code is now different.

I have a huge attachment to my Paymaya Referral Code, because I am earning 50 pesos whenever I get someone uses the code.

Bt the way, that was year 2020 to 2021,

Right now, the amount you get for every successful Paymaya Referral was significantly reduced, but in any case still want to continue referring 😊.

New Paymaya Referral Code

After going all throughout the steps of changing the number and submitting documents, I now have a new Paymaya Referral Invite /Code

That is ❗D8J7197M2R3L.

If in case you find the other Ewallet annoying 😆, and decided to switch to Paymaya, feel free to use this Paymaya Code ❗D8J7197M2R3L, and received 20 pesos on your wallet balance 😊.

For steps how to change number for your Paymaya account, I will share it very soon 😊

❗ Paymaya Referral Invite

wasting away, small boned and thin

Being 34 years old (almost 35), with sedentary lifestyle, it is very frustrating to see and admit to myself that I am slowly wasting away.

My bones in my arms are still thin as it was back in my elementary days.

Frustrating

Disappointing

Depressing

Maybe I can add two more adjective and that will summarise my feelings 😆.

Desperate to Move

That is why I decided to join a local gym.

So far, I have 1 workout schedule in a week.

With this, I can console myself that at least I insert a workout in my life 😆.

I kind of feel like if in case I wanted to change work, I will definitely not chose another office work but a physical job.

I just feel better with moving around.

I feel a more alive that way than sitting and waiting away in front of computer.

Anyway - inserting exercise is great. 

Its not life changing but I feel that I get a small dose of serotonin from it.

That is it for now.

Thank you for reading all the way ❗

How Do You Survive an Anxious Mind

Absolutely No❗

You cannot live in an anxious mind.

You won't get sleep.

Your focus will disappear from not getting enough sleep.

You make mistakes at work because of lack of focus.

You ruin your source of income because you don't get to make good choices/ decisions at work.

You simultaneously loose your good relationships because, you became dumb from being lack of quality sleep. You will snap at anyone, being irritable all the time until the times comes that nobody will come near to you because of how annoying you are.

Self Help will Not Fix an Anxious Mind

Even the most eloquent person cannot able to influence you to be calm and confident.

Step by step strategy will not work as well. Atomic habits??? - well at first but its not sustainable.

You know when you felt really moved by a quote, but later on its just a bunch of words.

It did not make a big impact in your life.

So no. Self help stuff will not work.

Dont quote me on this,

But what gives me results so far is 

1. Sleep

2. Increase my Meat intake ( ideally i should follow carnivore diet but I can't give up rice).

3. Exercise

If I only focus on diet and neglect my sleep, my mind is ruin, I get anxious, I get adhd, unproductive and all the bad things.

If I only focus on sleep and not diet ( like coffee, eating junk, like sweets sugar, milk )

I also began to look terrible and my quality of thinking process is really poor.

If I don't exercise, I feel sick and inflammation comes right up my body which in turn slows down my healing process while sleeping.

No sleep, I get anxious.

Do What you Think is Best

I don't wanna swear by these methods like a 100%, but as of now this really helps me currently.

I am loving the results so far.

If in case it doesn't work out for you, well maybe pick out some take away you can apply on in your life.

PS. I am a bad sleeper hence, I have a routine for sleeping good ( i have written it down to my previous post 😊)

That is it for now.

Thank you for reading all the way ❗

Experimenting About my Sleep

Sleepless

I am noticing that my sleep quality is getting worse.

  I wake up feeling tired

  Waking up to pee @4am

  Extreme headache

  Horrible complexion

  Dark circles

  Bumpy skin

  

Healing while sleeping

I totally bought the idea which social media sells us that sleep is when our body heals.

So I am not that surprised that I look horrible by the day because I really didn't get a enough sleep.

Routine Change

So now, I know that I am doing something wrong with my sleep routine.

I really feel embarrassed now because I shared some post here in Blognigigi about sleep and now it turns out its not that effective.

So please, if in case you read my old post about sleep routine dont follow it.

About the routine change, what changes in my sleep routine is massage on my neck and skull.

I do this because of horrible mindgrain I feel nowadays ( possibly because of aging).

I still recommend to sleep early and drink lots of water with the day so by night I dont have to consume tons of water and pee before my sleep time.

Its also helps a lot to use earplugs because its so noisy in our house 

And lastly, Katinko oil is so warm and refreshing ( this is what I use for massage and it relaxes me ).

So nice.

This sleep routine is still a work in progress, because I still have problems waking up in the wee hours to pee ( well, UTI is another factor ☹️)

I Will just check and change constantly what will work best.

For now this is awesome already compared before.

What I really aim for good sleep is mental focus so I really hope I find solution for my troubled sleep.

That is it for now.

Thanks for reading all the way ❗

MP2 Pagibig ( Bakit di appealling?)

Money Advise are "ehhh"😏

Just a random thought na ang Pag ibig MP2 ay di masyadong appealing na paraan para mag ipon ng pera.

If its a bank account containing 900 thousand pesos - I feel like the acceptance is much greater to wider range of audience especially here in the Philippines.

And I feel a bit "ehh".

Not disappointed and not indignant din for the sake of pushing my arguments to other people.

Well, I have learned in the past that money or wealth building advise is not really something you should really asking from someone.

Like for instance, I was so estatic about Farm On before and now the company went disarray.. to the point they are not letting the investors pull out their money while they don't put interest to your money either.

In short, right now FarmOn is a disaster. To think I was talking about it here in the blog before. I feel ashamed of how I brag about it and to think what if other people will believe it and felt devastated when they saw their investment now.

Advise about Money (MP2)

Now, even with MP2 or any other investment or savings options, I feel like its really up to a person if weather that savings or investment will work for them.

Baby Steps by Dave Ramsey's

I kind of appreciate what Dave Ramsey do here on baby steps, its more of an attitude building.

We can be poor instantly by spending more money than we make

Or because we are greedy that is why you fall on the get rich scheme. (Legal or not ; in case of Dave Ramsey's he went bankrupt because of his real estate business, as for me, I loss a ton of money trading;not to mention the pyramid scheme which has been offered to you by friends who are victims as well)

Contentment is the biggest financial advise.

I just saw that from Dave Ramsey Facebook post.

And it sure is summarised what he has been telling before to Live below what you are earning.

I guess what I really want to say in this post that weather we get rich quick by other means or get rich slowly its not determined by a holy grail savings or investment platform.

Its more of an attitude.

Weather you choose MP2 or not... What matters is your contentment 😊.

That is it for now.

Thanks for reading all the way.

Thoughts on the Way Home (from shopping)

I could not count anymore how many times I pondered about life.

And while I am on my way home,  I thought of life again.

I analyze it as, dont be too serious, thinking of financial goal as top priority will ruin the 'good' in life, savor the unseemingly unimportant errands to the mall as something that can be equal to happiness, money is not important anymore but being careless about money is the same as ruining your life because of chasing money, you can never force friends and relationships. Just be present and open.

I am thinking, if someone will read this post, I wonder if they would ever interpret what I mean on those words.

Because, it's kind of hard to explain.

Every warning statement I made rooted from experience and every simple compliment I made about happiness might sound like unimportant.

The goal of happiness is not like it should be selfish.

Happiness is being content, and share it with family without expecting returns.

Well, that is it for now.

Thanks reading all the way ❗

❗2023 my First Post of the Year

Another Year 2023.

A fresh start and a clean slate.

For me its always a time where my inspiration is flowing, there is always a positive energy inside of me about what I want to do this year.

Its where my hopes and dreams are high♥️.

2023 Goals

I am still not sure if I wanted to make a goal, because I don't want to make the mistake I made before, wherein I focus a lot on Goals and I forgot about building relationships around me.

Mistakes in Previous years on How to achieve Goals

Like, in able to save more money,I burn my bridges with my family, good thing, they are forgiving and I can repair my relationship with them. In the end, I learned that, my family and I doesn't agree with how to use money, but that's ok, it should not be a hindrance to still be a whole family.

What's in Store for 2023?

Even if I do not want to set a firm goal this year, for sure, I still have in mind to be a better steward of money - trying to follow Dave Ramsey's baby steps - Filipino version.

And of course my health goal- im am now incorporating more meat into my diet, because I am hooked by the idea of carnivore diet. Although, I still eat carbs like rice, I noticed improvement on the way I think and I make less mistake at work.

And even though I make mistakes, I do not feel depressed and its the end of the world.

I can handle my stress better with eating a lot of meat.

You will for sure see more posts about My Mental Health and Diet and Finances ♥️.

So that is it, for New Yeat

Happy New Year everyone.

How To Always Smile

How to always smile?

Happy people are generally likeable people.  And oftentimes you see happy people always smiling 😊.

People also find it easier to approach an individual who is already smiling instead of someone who looks grumpy.

But smiling for a 30+ year old me is not a good idea because i find it promotes fine lines. Of course, women would want to look their best at all times, so if I can avoid wrinkles that is great.

So I find that applying lipstick the right way is a good hack to make lips turns upturned in which will make you look like your smiling even if you're not really smiling.

"Makeuptips for happylips " is the title of the YouTube video where I learned this technique and its working well for me.

I hated my resting bitch face because it always intimidates other people and nobody likes that.

You wanted to be at peace with everyone.

By doing this simple techniques, simply drawing your lips the right way, will spread a smile to everyone without tiring your face muscles at all.

Although its pandemic and rarely other people see your lips, but on cafeteria, lunch outs where in you dont have a choice but to do a face reveal the smiling hack could go handy.

Especially, with friends and co workers, you would always want so share happy vibes by smiling and not showing your natural pouty lips or sad lips 

That's it for now. Thanks for reading all the way.❗

Himalayan Salt on Baths

Not sure when it started, but I get to have a big problem with dandruff maybe about 4 years ago.

I hated anti dandruff shampoo, because apart from dandruff, I also have to consider my ever growing hairloss every day.

So I kept on switching to different shampoo to no shampoo at all.

Then I thought of using normal body soap as shampoo because I am at my ends wit.

Nothing seem to help my hair loss, so I thought why pay expensive shampoo which doesn't help- so I opted to use a normal body soap. And then sadly my, one day, I noticed I have grown another hair problem and that is dandruff. 

Fast forward to today after trying a lot of things, I tried a shampoo bar and so far I get to love to use it because of number of reasons.

Its cheap, its economical, it last long and I feel really clean from the scalp.

Even though my dandruff is still there, removing the oiliness on my head brings a lot of releif for me.

And another additional thing I add from my routine is putting salt on my bath water.

I felt clean from my skin and my scalp and it feels wonderful.

We don't have bathtub at home, so a huge 'palangana' basin, is enough with warm water and a small handful of Himalayan salt for my bath gives a whole another level of relief for me.

It's quite an accident that this routine has emerged to my bath routine. Because I do not know what to do with the coarse Himalayan salt I bought (its hard to put on food because its too big of a pebble). So, to not waste the salt, I just incorporate it on my bath and I really liked it so far.

I feel clean on my skin (I noticed its easier to scrub dead skin using saltwater) and my scalp feels better.

My dandruff, I feel its gone.

I don't have big white chunk of skin falling off my hair and its amazing.

Bath Routine: Big basin with hot water, I repeatedly splash water on to my hair and body (hot water helps my body relax) until I am soaked (since we dont have a proper bathtub to soak my whole body with).

Then usual soap and shampoo (im using shampoo bar from lazada -polys- they changed their name to woops).

That is it for now 😊.

Thanks for reading all the way 💞

Pag Ibig Loyalty Card 1st 100 Applicants First Serve

Got an adivise from my mom, that Pagibig branch will entertain 1st 100 applicants who wants to get their Pag ibig loyalty card.

So gotta try Commonwealth branch (diliman).

"di makakuha ng id''

Remember how was I informed in a disappointing manner by the Pagibig staff at Starmall San Jose del Monte?

Where he keep on pointing at this sign to answer my question.

(Refer to Piture Up)

🙊

Im reliving the humiliation and time wasted.

☹️☹️☹️☹️

Loyalty Card Pag-ibig Starmall San Jose del Monte

❗Write in the comments if you successfully applied for Pagibig Loyalty Card at Starmall San Jose del Monte.❗

Sharing to you my brief experience on getting my Pagibig Loyalty Card at Starmall San Jose del Monte.

Truthfully, I did not able to get Pagibig Loyalty Card at Starmall San Jose del Monte, because they don't issue Pagibig Loyalty Card on a satellite office like Starmall San Jose del Monte.

warning rant below

The Pagibig staff keep pointing me at the sign 

"Di makakakuha ng ID"

I'm so puzzled why not answer the Pagibig Member directly that Starmall San Jose del Monte does not issue Pagibig Loyalty Card.

It confuses me, the staff wanted the sign to answer my question. (Why ask to a living person, because I want that living person to answer me back, not the sign)

 The sign says ID but I was asking for Loyalty card, so naturally I do not know they are the same thing.

 (faceslap).

Anyway, lesson here is that you cannot get Pagibig Loyalty Card at Starmall San Jose del Monte.

You can only get it at branches(refer to the picture up).

Next time, I will go straight to Pagibig branch near St. Peter along commonwealth avenue.

But I wouldn't say there is a guarantee they will have available card all the time.

❗ Please write your experience in the comments if you able to get your Pagibig Loyalty Card at Starmall San Jose del Monte ❗

To help create awareness 😊

That is it for now.

Thanks for reading all the way.