Nicole’s Fieldnotes
Learning to live wisely, love deeply, and walk faithfully.
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What I Learned from “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham
Most investment books promise to make you rich. The Intelligent Investor promises something rarer and more valuable: to keep you from losing money. Warren Buffett called it “by far the…
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How AI has impacted my UI/UX design process
Something I’ve been thinking about as I hear about people in the creative industry getting laid off. It’s a scary reality, and I’m reevaluating my skill sets –…
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What I Learned from “The Four Laws of Love” by Jimmy Evans
I’m in my marriage preparation era✨ This season of life has been one of the most beautiful and most confrontational I’ve ever walked through. I’m being called to…
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27 Things I Learned in 27 Years
Today’s my birthday and somewhere between the cake and well wishes, I found myself wanting to do something a little more reflective. I thought it’d be meaningful to…
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What I Learned from “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg
Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking about how to steward this in-between season well. How do I maximise this time? How do I prepare faithfully for…
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How do I honour God with my work?
The past few days over the Chinese New Year break have been restful. Between visiting family, eating way too many pineapple tarts, and frolicking from house to house,…
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On Love
In light of Valentine’s Day, I’ve found myself in a reflective mood about love. Jesus’ love It would feel incomplete to write about love without first speaking of…
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1 year of learning Thai (+ Thailand mission trips in 2025)
Why Thailand? “Bangkok, Thailand.” It wasn’t loud in the natural sense, but it was unmistakable. During a university church camp in mid-2023, I experienced what I can only…
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What Does It Mean to Be a Proverbs 31 Woman?
With encouragement from friends and colleagues who have been so kind in their comments about my mindful reflections, I’ve decided to create a blog as my little space…








