FinCon 2020 Live was cancelled, but FinConX still went on. Luckily, I actually paid attention to the emails and realized what was going on… the day before the event. I had been ignoring the emails for some reason. I don’t know why, because I was aware there was some kind of live web event that …
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You read that right. It happened. I am a net worth pandemic millionaire?! HOW? And during a pandemic? While I’m on unemployment? I wasn’t expecting to become a millionaire in a pandemic, or anytime soon for that matter. This really goes to show the power of investments compounding. It also shows the value of a …
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Remember that guest post I did on PrepperFI for TreadLightlyRetireEarly? With Coronavirus aka COVID-19 all over the news I thought I should revisit some aspects of our home preparedness and how we’re currently handling and feeling about likely pandemic.
Boy have I been itchin’ to blog lately! Except… I haven’t been. So I felt like it was time to talk a little bit about why I blog and why (and when) I don’t. Basically, it boils down to my needs, in combination with my priorities. In exploring my reasons, hopefully it will give you …
I’m glad we have a paid off mortgage. I am so glad I have a paid off mortgage, I decided to say it nearly three times. Since I’m not working, I don’t have any money coming in (except unemployment for a while). I don’t have money going to retirement savings. I don’t have money going …
Here’s part 2 of my “Hawaii On The Cheap” series. I’m detailing how we’re traveling affordably around the big island of Hawaii with a toddler for 3 weeks. It’s a really great travel destination for free activities. Food is expensive, but we’re keeping costs (relatively) low by cooking most of our meals in our rental. …
Guest Post alert on being a prepper/preparedness or what we’re calling #PrepperFI (thanks @Military_Dollar on Twitter for that one). I’m still on vacation but had the opportunity to write this post for Angela at Tread Lightly, Retire Early before I set off and it just dropped today. It’s part of her sustainability series, but it’s …
I’m in the midst of my 22 night trip to the Big island of Hawaii on the cheap! Being between jobs for 3 months now, we wanted to take a trip while I had an unprecedented amount of time off, even though I’m unemployment. But we needed to keep it frugal. FIRE principles at home …
Here’s an overview of what I’ve been up to over the last week or two in developing side hustles, blog income and freelance work. Being off work is giving me some time to educate myself and try to develop some secondary income streams. I doubt any of this will pan out to keep me from …
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Here’s another guest post for you over at Ms Ziyou She’s collecting a round up of profiles with her “Let’s Meet Financial Feminists” weekly feature. They introduce the self proclaimed Financial Feminists with a bit of bio and our takes on various feminist issues. And without further adieu, here’s the link to my post! “That …
I’m on unemployment right now, but, we’re going to Hawaii for 3 weeks. Thanks FIRE principles! You read that right. I’m on unemployed, but I’m taking a vacation. I feel a bit crazy doing this, but, sometimes you take a serious look at the big picture and decide, it’s ok to do something that feels …
I just love waking up to an email alerting me to an insurance bill, that I shouldn’t have I’ve talked about having a high deductible insurance plan (HDHP), which for me, means two things. One, my routine preventative care is covered 100% (like, see your primary care Dr, check your labs, get your female organs …
I’ve only recently put much time or effort into net worth tracking. Previously, I just watched my general number month to month using one of my robo advisors. If you’re familiar with mushrooms, I’m going to make an analogy… once you balances reach enough high to start seeing the effects of compounding, your net worth …
When I left off, I had just finished high-school early. Here’s how I did undergrad with no student debt. Check back on the first post in this series to see how early money responsibilities and extreme drive set me up on my low school debt path. I was lucky to go to high school in …
I didn’t have much student debt or loans. Here’s why I feel like in the interests of transparency I need to tell a little bit more of my story regarding my student loan debt. All the issues with rising student loan debts and if it is worth it or not and all the issues people …