Happy New Year from Asian Wander Women! 🎉

🧠 I Did a Life Audit for 2025—this is how I Do It

Below is an example of how I built out a chart to determine what areas of my life needed more focus and what was doing well. You can build more categories for yourself, depending on what part of life you’d like to audit.

Other categories included friend relationships, wealth building, career, health/fitness, spirituality, and education. I then gave every category a rating out of 10, depending on how much I’ve given it by the end of the year. By putting a defined number on a category, it lets me realize how much attention is needed in this part of my life.

It was a thoughtful process and way to carve time out for myself to reflect; a lot of examples and notes were written down in the Thoughts section. In What’s Next, I would write specific, actionable steps to improve the score.

I am ecstatic for 2025, especially to write more long form, my travel plans to Asia and indulging in tennis tourism, and of course, the AWW Travel Summit in Singapore! 🇸🇬

- Emily

Grab Your Tickets to The AWW Travel Summit! Singapore 🇸🇬 We’re Coming on May 2-3rd!

Guided by our community’s motto, “wander on your own terms,” this summit will bring together creative and entrepreneurial Asian women.

This two-day summit is about building the skills, connections, and confidence to create a meaningful life. Expect stimulating conversations, new friendships, and a celebration of life’s most important themes from health, relationships, to building wealth. Grab your early bird tickets before prices go up! First 10 signups will get a special gift.

🚨 Sign up here to get notified of any new updates regarding the summit. We are also closing our Call for Speakers on January 15th, 2025 so please get your nominations in before then.

Traveling to South America? Two ABCs share their Experiences 🗺️

🎤 Our Podcast Host Justine Yang speaks with The Asian Travel Girls, Lauren Wong and Jovian Chen. Both digital nomads, the two podcasters share how they both met in Taiwan, spent time traveling around South America while building a coaching business and taking periodic sabbaticals. Both their journeys are filled with colorful experiences living in their identity and abroad; Lauren has decided to settle in Buenos Aires, Argentina while Jovian has taken up home base in LA (though diving into Duolingo Portuguese).

🍷 Keeping and Maintaining Friends at Home or Abroad in Your 30s - dive into a personal chat with Singaporean friend Jing Yan and Emily Fang while they sip on wine. JY shares her experiences moving to the US this year, and her thoughts on keeping friends abroad and at home. They talk about friendships in their 30s, maintaining expectations, and how to show up as a friend when it really matters.

💡 Want to be on the monthly Asian Wander Women fireside chat? Email [email protected] with your bio, a topic of your interest, and why you want to be on the podcast!

⭐️ Cool Jobs We’ve Seen in the Mix ⭐️

Careers at Yami - this company is a growing e-commerce platform that connects Asian products to the US. Think authentic snacks, beauty products, kitchen appliances, and more! They’re hiring both in Brea, California and in China. They were also named Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing start-up on the "Inc. 500 List.”

Gold House - Lead the movement for API socioeconomic equity through full-time opportunities or our Fellowship program. They’re hiring a Marketing Coordinator, Events Manager, and a Social Media Fellow.

Roame Travel - this AI search travel startup Roame is Google flights using credit card points and miles. Their flight search engine is the only one that searches across 16 loyalty programs and over 200 airlines, delivering real-time results in seconds. Hiring for software engineers!

Photographer Producer at 🍎 - Apple’s Product Design & Marketing, Original Photography team seeks a Photo Producer to oversee photo shoots for on-product experiences for some of Apple’s most visible applications including TV+, Sports, Apple Music & Podcasts, and App Store.

Our Favorite Things

Finance books and podcasts - 📻 I definitely like a blend of topics, encompassing building wealth, but also topics that focus on psychology , health and wellness, or even bettering communication skills. Favs include Girls That Invest, My First Million, Cubicle to CEO, and more.

Get $10 off your first order at Yami! - shop your favs from Asia, including beauty, skincare, snacks, electronics, and more. They currently only ship to US and Canada

Favorite Korean sunscreen - P.CALM Water barrier moisturizer with 50+ SPF as a daily moisturizer and sunscreen; gentle and great for all skin types and vegan too