by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Mar 24, 2017 | Americans working abroad, Global Living Basics, International Transactions
For globetrotters, keeping the cost of foreign transactions low is a must. After all, we don’t always make an income and open a bank account in every country that we go to. Many of you may already know that Schwab Bank offers a checking account that allows you to take...
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Oct 31, 2016 | Americans working abroad, Global Living Basics, Globetrotters working in the US
If you have followed this series, you will notice that Jodi and I keep coming back this theme of defining what your values are. We both believe that is the beginning of finding a solution to your problem, or coming out at the end of the tunnel. This episode we go...
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Oct 3, 2016 | Americans working abroad, Global Living Basics, Globetrotters working in the US
Worrying is something we can’t avoid completely in our globetrotting lifestyle. Even though we voluntarily take up the challenges associated with living abroad, we don’t always embrace them with positive attitudes. I think worrying is simply a natural...
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Aug 30, 2016 | Americans working abroad, Global Living Basics, Globetrotters working in the US
About a month ago, I saw this video on Business Insider. It’s an interview with Sara Blakely, CEO of Spanx. She talked about when she was a child, her father would ask the children on the dinner table about how they have done today that they totally failed at....
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Jul 19, 2016 | Americans working abroad, Global Living Basics, Globetrotters working in the US
Did you ever feel like you just don’t “fit” in your environment? Maybe it was that first time you move to a new country, or when all your friends moved away around the same time. As globetrotters, a lot of times we cannot control whether we feel...
by Hui-Chin Chen, CFP® | Jun 29, 2016 | Americans working abroad, Global Living Basics, Globetrotters working in the US
I wrote this post to celebrate the first annual #FinHealthMatters Day. Find out more here and check out what others are saying about their financial health. I still remember those days in an enormous house, running out of things to do at 9am, being alone with my...
I'm Hui-chin Chen, a globetrotter & certified financial planner helping you manage your finances from afar and on the go.