Nuggets of Life with Juliet

I never planned or expected to become a certified personal trainer in my life, but here I am today. An episode about why I decided to become certified, what the process was like, and things I've learned. +++ Mentioned in episode: NASM podcast with Rick Ritchie https://spoti.fi/3zPb4qs NASM podcast episode "What exactly is the butt-wink?" https://spoti.fi/3K19jek NASM podcast episode "Overactive & underactive muscles" https://spoti.fi/33npUbw Sub-Reddit r/gymsnark https://www.reddit.com/r/gymsnark/ Instagram @soheefit https://www.instagram.com/soheefit/

I took a hiatus from creating content in the latter half of 2021, but I feel ready to create again. What should you expect? Listen and find out.

It's been 2 weeks ~ so quick catch up to where I've been, how I've been doing, and this fear setting exercise that I wanted to share with y'all 2 weeks ago. I know that it'll be a lot more helpful for people who frequently lose sight of their goals and resolutions (that's me). I'm going to schedule another fear setting session with myself before 2021 is over. How about you? My K-pop Wikis: BTS MAMAMOO ATEEZ Fear Setting by Tim Ferriss

Question of the episode is: What is success to you? *** mentioned in the episode *** 36 questions - how to fall in love with anyone AsianBossGirl podcast episode "ep 130 From Stylist to Business Mogul, to Owner of Bümo: The Evolution of Chriselle Lim" Apple & Spotify Tim Ferriss blog post "Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month" Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast episodes: "Kari (part 1): Aaron" Apple & Spotify and "Kari (part 2): Sloan" Apple & Spotify ***

@JoelakaMaG on Twitter: "Honor your journey and honor the season you're in - you don't have to judge it, like it. Heck, you don't even have to love it. We honor it by being present for whatever is here, knowing that whatever is here, whether heavy or heavenly, is only here until it no longer is." *** mentioned in the episode *** PODCASTS - all links to Spotify, but also available on Apple Podcasts Throughline “Afghanistan: The Center of the World” Self Evident: Asian America’s Stories “No Child Left Behind (by Re:Work)” AsianBossGirl “132: Wedding Guests Do’s & Dont’s” What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law “56 - Shadow Docket” If you like What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law, check out "Radiolab Presents: More Perfect" Fleurish Podcast “‘Whitney Simmons: It’s a Beautiful Day to Be Alive’ Opening Up about Something She Never Has Before!” TV SHOWS & NETFLIX Sixth Sense (Korean variety show) Hometown Cha Cha Cha (Korean drama on Netflix) 100 Days My Prince (Korean drama on Netflix) Man in Love (Taiwanese movie on Netflix) ** background music ** Grace Chiang - midnight Reggie San Miguel - Getaway

My next guest for Off the Rails is my friend Ivanna Slim! I am excited to share bits of our conversation because she is an eloquent speaker, a super thoughtful person, and has a very strong and grounded energy about her that I love to be around. In this episode, we talk a little bit about our own personal finance journey and I ask her how she would teach young kids about money. Ivanna is a first-grade teacher.

I feel fully rested after a month of unemployment! A slower episode on how I've been feeling, and small random topics. Music by Gil Wanders - Welcome Back *** mentioned in the episode *** Business Logic - ep 3 Jeff Weinstein of Stripe on owning your career Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings trailer ***

I visited my first national park in Alaska: Glacier Bay National Park! It was only a couple days but it was so healing for the soul. In this episode, I talk about: Why getting to many of Alaska's national parks is hard Tlingit, the Indigenous people of the Glacier Bay / Juneau region A very immigrant attitude on travels (that I am not ashamed of, for the record) Getting my first Junior Badge at a national park Another way to explore Glacier Bay National Park: sea kayaking! A podcast that you should check out: Missing in Alaska *** mentioned in the episode *** Still With You by Jungkook of BTS Listen to episode 23 of my podcast The history of Glacier Bay National Park - NPS (from Costco) Seeds of Change - organic quinoa & brown rice with garlic Check out "Denali" highlights from Vasu Sojitra on Instagram Listen to the podcast "Missing in Alaska" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

My family and I took a trip to Juneau, Alaska in June 2021 with the main purpose of visiting Glacier Bay National Park. I talk a bit about what we did while hanging out in Juneau, how different it is from my previous trips to Alaska, and some audio clips taken when I was there. +++ Mentioned in the episode: Video of Nugget Falls My newsletter about Alaska +++ Music by Citrus Avenue - That Warm Glow - https://thmatc.co/?l=84E6E30F

I wanted to say a lot more in this hodgepodge, but I got way too caught up in what I was saying. This time I talk about what plans I have for myself now that I am unemployed, and unreleased cut from my Off the Rails conversation with Deepa (episodes 17 and 20). Will share other things on my Instagram story throughout this week! My Instagram @anuggetofchuang My YouTube channel @ Nuggets of Juliet My newsletter on Substack +++ Articles on what's happening in Afghanistan & women: Huffpost: Malala Yousafzai ‘Deeply Worried About Women, Minorities’ As Taliban Takes Kabul Yahoo! News: The Taliban have already taken some Afghan cities. In them, women 'are like prisoners.' +++

I recorded voice notes throughout this week before I left my job and entered funemployment. (Hopefully it's fun... that's still to be determined.) In this episode, you'll hear: my nerves and excitement throughout my last days at work pivotal moment of my life and how that's changed who I am more insight to why I decided to leave my job without the next big thing lined up yet random moments of life while exercising with friends +++ LINKS +++ My Instagram @anuggetofchuang - I have a podcast episode coming up that I would love your input on! My YouTube channel @ Nuggets of Juliet - I've got lots of videos coming up soon that I haven't gotten to in the last 2 years My newsletter on Substack - bi-monthly newsletter about other shenanigans I'm up to

In this episode, Deepa and I talk about homelessness, not wanting our own children, how money is both necessary to fix the problems of the world but also what caused a lot of the issues, me hating on influencer merch, how being digital also harms the environment... we just needed to vent.  According to Need, a 99% Invisible 5-part podcast series: https://99percentinvisible.org/need/

Listen to part 1 of this series if you haven't yet. In this episode, I continue sharing the questionnaire I send to friends who want to talk about personal finance. Then I do a brief overview on what you need to know about 401(K)s, IRAs, brokerage accounts, and HSAs as well as GIVE A VERY IMPORTANT ONE ITEM CHECKLIST FOR YOUR FINANCES! ++ resources mentioned ++ Compound interest calculator AKA investment growth retirement calculator - leave rate of return at 7%, which is the number most frequently used by personal finance nerds The Indicator from Planet Money podcast episode: The 401(K) Turns 40

My personal finance journey is a long and windy one, but what's helped is finding a community of people who want to talk about money with me. In case you don't have one, here I am! Let's get uncomfortable and talk about money. Budgeting tool: https://www.youneedabudget.com/ Nerdwallet is a good place to start to research credit cards (and many other money things). Book I recommend: "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" by Ramit Sethi

Part 1 of Off the Rails conversation with my friend Deepa Patel. We talk about how we became friends, her wild late owl nights and how that's actually something she wants to change, and also learn about the sleep timer on apps like Spotify and Audible. The book Deepa talks about is called "Tiny Habits" by B.J. Fogg. Check out the previous Off the Rails conversation I had with my friend Michelle Hamano here: part 1 and part 2. What tiny habits are you trying to build? Let me know by sending me an audio message...

A video from my YouTube channel is called Nuggets of Juliet - https://youtu.be/A-KVLm4SMbY My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/anuggetofchuang/ My IGTV series called "Papa Chuang" - https://bit.ly/3x5MMVV Article about May Lee, who is one of my inspirations, called "How a Past Filled With Racist Experiences Made Me an Accidental Activist" - https://nextshark.com/anti-asian-assaults-racism-may-lee/

What has been your scariest travel experience? I want to know! Drop me an audio message (find out how in the link below)

I've been really enjoying future self-journaling for some time now because I feel like it gives me a sense of peace and control. So I share what it is and how you can start. AsianBossGirl episode 117: Doing "The Work" with Jenn Im https://spoti.fi/3xQGvia

— about this episode — I share some gems that I found while going through my emails. Polina Marinova Pompliano, creator of The Profile Hanlon's Razor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (newsletter) Brandon Stanton, creator of "Humans of New York" (YouTube) "7 Mentally Tough People on the Tactics They Use to Build Resilience" (YouTube) Sahil Bloom, creator of The Curiosity Chronicle The ELI5 Razor Munger's "Rule of Opinions" Taleb "Look the Part" Razor Buffet's "Rule of Holes" Buffet Reputation Razor Eisenhower Decision Matrix This American Life - 740: There. I Fixed It. https://spoti.fi/2UlxXkt Journey to Launch - 219 An Introduction to Cryptocurrency: What You Need to Know if You Want to Start Investing in Crypto with Dr. Hans https://spoti.fi/3k1FaBd

Check out part 1 of this Off the Rails conversation if you haven't yet: https://spoti.fi/3xBPVxP