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Wealth Awakening

Inflation Erodes Savings: Why Skipping Investments Can Lead to Financial Fragility in Retirement

Taiwan has seen consumer prices roughly double over the past decade, with fried-chicken lunch boxes climbing from NT$80 to around NT$150 and bubble tea from NT$35 to NT$80. This article uses a fictional 38-year-old office worker, Jia-hao, to illustrate the long-term gap between labor income and capital income, and outlines a practical, disciplined savings framework accessible to workers earning NT$30,000 to NT$40,000 per month.

9 min
Wealth Awakening

Living Like a Dog on NT$50,000 a Month in Taipei: Promotion and Raise — The Cruelest Scam in This Society

The day he got his first NT$50,000 paycheck, Xiaocheng thought his life was finally on track. Two years later, he realized that sense of solidity didn't come from having more money, but from the illusion of "people seeing you as a success." Promotion and raise is the cruelest scam in this society — it makes you trade the rest of your life for a ticket you can never catch up to.

7 min
Wealth Awakening

Why Money Is Worth Less and Less: The Underlying Logic of Inflation That Can Save You 10 Years of Detours

You've worked hard to save your money, and it sits quietly in the bank — yet it seems to be quietly evaporating. Over thirty years ago, NT$10,000 could buy a house; today NT$10,000 only buys a phone or a month's rent. It's still the same money, the numbers haven't changed, but it brings back far less. Using the "village of 100 pigs" story, this article peels back inflation layer by layer: the printing press keeps adding water, the central bank quietly dilutes your purchasing power, and the bank you think is safest is actually the most dangerous.

9 min