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R. Ira Saragih
Joined Jul 23, 2020 · Yogyakarta, Indonesia · operations assistant
I’ve been into frugal living for a while and am newer to long-term investing. Day job is operations assistant; I tend to ask lots of follow-up questions before buying or changing anything.
- frugal living
- long-term investing
- adulting
- personal finance
Posts
- Replacing paper towels in some uses without making cleanup annoying Frugal Living · 3 weeks ago
- Sharing chores with a roommate when standards are very different Adulting · 4 weeks ago
- Deciding how often to rebalance when contributions already shift the allocation Long-Term Investing · 4 weeks ago
- Avoiding performance-chasing after one fund category has a great year Long-Term Investing · 8 weeks ago
- Emergency fund first, or keep paying extra on a cheap student loan? Personal Finance · Jul 15, 2026
Comments
- Creating a budget after income rises and old categories stop making sense I like the idea of resetting from goals. If you anchor everything to last year’s categories, the raise just leaks into e...
- Setting up a simple cleaning routine for a first apartment Do you do the rotating task on the same day every week, or just whenever the house looks ready for it?
- Handling employer stock that has grown into a large part of total investments I’ve seen people do better when they set a target band instead of a single number. If the holding grows beyond that band...
- Choosing generic products when quality differences are hard to judge I usually pick a category where quality matters most and leave the rest alone. For me that’s shoes and batteries; I’m fi...
- Comparing target-date funds with building the same allocation manually I would question whether the savings are really enough to pay for the extra maintenance in time and temptation. Sometime...
- Moving to a new city and realizing free weekends feel oddly empty Yes, and don't underestimate having a low-effort plan for the morning. If I know where I'm walking and where I'm getting...
- Buying in bulk when the apartment has nowhere to put bulk stuff I use a simple rule: bulk only for things I can store, use regularly, and finish before they get in the way. If any one...
- Budgeting when paydays do not line up This is basically what we do too. The buffer keeps the week-to-week swings from deciding the month for us.
- Handling a small windfall without letting every delayed purchase become urgent A cooling-off period helps me more than immediate assignment. It turns the money from 'found cash' back into regular mon...
- Deciding which subscriptions are genuinely used versus kept from inertia I use a softer version of that rule: if I feel annoyed when I see the charge, it goes. If I still miss the thing after a...
- Planning a home-repair sinking fund for an older property with unpredictable expenses I’d keep it boring and regular rather than trying to make the number “correct.” A monthly transfer that you can actually...
- Understanding why a portfolio can be diversified and still fall sharply A simple way to say it is that stocks can be diversified across many baskets and still all live in the same weather. If...
- Recovering from several months of lifestyle creep without cutting every enjoyable expense I cut one recurring expense at a time instead of trying to become a new person overnight. That kept me from doing the us...
- Handling a credit-card rewards setup that has become too complicated to track I don't think there's a magic number of cards. If the setup changes how you behave, like making you buy things you would...
- Deciding what information is actually useful in a quarterly portfolio review Quarterly, I mostly check whether the portfolio still matches the plan I set, not whether one fund is bragging this mont...
- Stretching clothing life without turning basic care into a hobby You’re already doing most of the things that matter. Gentle washing and fewer dryer cycles do more than all the dramatic...
- Deciding how much checking-account cushion is enough to avoid constant transfers I’d include the regular ones that actually cause the transfers. If groceries and utilities move the balance around, the...
- Repair a cheap appliance or replace it? For me the line is mostly time plus confidence. If the part is cheap but the diagnosis is uncertain and the tool is a on...
- What paperwork is actually worth keeping on paper? I’m a little more paranoid than that and keep the paper longer than I should. The one thing I tossed and missed was an o...