{"id":2701,"date":"2019-12-25T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pzl.sg\/blog\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:07:38","slug":"my-year-in-review-hard-work-paid-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pzl.sg\/blog\/my-year-in-review-hard-work-paid-off\/","title":{"rendered":"My Year in Review: Hard Work Paid Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As 2019 ends in 6 days&#8217; time, let&#8217;s review through everything that has happened. With this purpose in mind, let&#8217;s break it down into three parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 1: Online Platform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 1.1: Blog @ PZL.SG<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, I started this blog. This is with the intention to share my knowledge and experience on estate planning and financial planning in Singapore. Occasionally, I will share a little about my life and on the work that I do for my clients professionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you miss out, these are the most popular posts for the year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why Every Client needs an Insurance Policy Summary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pzl.sg\/blog\/how-to-create-a-monthly-budget\/\">How to create a Monthly Budget<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pzl.sg\/blog\/what-is-distribution-cost-in-insurance\/\">What is Distribution Cost in Insurance?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pzl.sg\/blog\/ohm-energy-review-i-am-impressed\/\">Ohm Energy Review: I am Impressed!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pzl.sg\/blog\/dollar-cost-averaging-singapore-does-it-really-work\/\">Dollar Cost Averaging Singapore: Does it really work?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 1.2: Facebook Page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting the right audience attention has been the toughest challenge for me this year. At the beginning, I could vividly remember the enormous support that my partner has given me. For instance, she was a cheer leader in getting her friends to support my work and an arts director to design all the stunning infographics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, my little achievement on this platform will never ever be possible without her belief in what I want to do and the change that I wish to make in our job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, I need to thank You &#8211; to be kind&nbsp;enough to support the content that I produce and to take your precious time out to read what I have to write. Accordingly, to the 342 people who gave a like and to my 386 followers, I will like to say a very huge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">THANK YOU!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By and large, your warm support has been crucial in keeping myself in check &#8211; to upload quality content on the platform. In the later part of the post, I will share on what&#8217;s upcoming for 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. If you enjoy the content on my blog and\/or Facebook Page, then consider to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/pzladvise\/reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">write a review<\/a> on my Facebook Page. This will motivate me to do even better to this end!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 2: Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have followed through my blog, you will know that I spend 70% of my usable time at work. While nothing has changed, I am glad I survived through the year with sufficient time to complete all 52 blog posts by every Wednesday @ 8am (who else remembers the OG tagline?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, I continue to enjoy every aspect of the work that I do for my clients. This process gets even more fulfilling whenever they write a feedback on my Facebook Page &#8211; pretty relieved that I lived up to their standard (and my effort is being recognised).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other than that, nothing else has changed and to answer the top FAQ for every year: Nope, I am still not leaving my job. And yes, I am still happily stuck here with all of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 3: Personal Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember when I wrote my first post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pzl.sg\/blog\/learning-curve-in-life\/\">struggling to learn something new<\/a>&nbsp;in life? Well, the launch and upkeep of this platform has taught me so much in just one year! In fact, the learning curve is so steep that I felt refreshed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, I gained new perspectives on optimising our day-to-day finance.&nbsp;Above all, I believe this experience will help me to grow and become a better person to my family and a more capable consultant to my clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 4: What\u2019s Next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Altogether, I am definitely more excited and inspired to sharing more quality content with you. While doing so, I am going to review through and to test out a couple of new things to push my limit to the next level. Can you guess what it is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hint:<\/span> &#x1f399;&#x1f3a5;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, if you are new here, consider to hit the like button on my <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/pzladvise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook Page<\/a> and to subscribe to my blog\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pzl.sg\/blog\/newsletter\/\">newsletter<\/a>. I promise I won&#8217;t spam you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I will see you on my next post. Thank You so much! &#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a review on how 2019 went for me. In short, it was a humbling experience starting out on digital media. 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