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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As a pharmacist or student pharmacist are you prepared for the possibility of a lay off? How about underemployment or a reduction in work hours? Or, worst case, you get fired. Are you in another profession? This may be a window into the future as automation increases. Automation may eliminate less jobs than previously predicted, …
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 …
I’m having my first bad day since being let go from the job after I told them I was going to have looking into other opportunities as conditions were not improving and they hadn’t found a way to let me go back to my staff pharmacist job. Overall, I have felt way less stressed. I’ve …
My house is starting to feel clean again, I’ve been decluttering. I had all these intentions of taking care of financial “stuff” while I was off, but, for the last few weeks I’ve mostly been hanging out with the family… AND cleaning! So, like any normal person, after having worked on cleaning and decluttering for …
So, I guess I’m technically unemployed right now. That feels really weird to say “I’m between jobs” i.e., unemployed. I’m struggling with being ok with it. I’m not early retired yet. I’m not on sabbatical as I’m actively looking for jobs. So what happened? Well, it’s been about a 6 weeks since my life got …
Oh, hey, I found this little gem sitting in my drafts folder about my most recent migraine. I didn’t want to complain to much about work in the midst of it, but, as of two weeks ago I’m done with that job so might as well hit publish. I decided not to try to add …
Sometimes life and job pivot in a snap. Even when you feel you know a change is coming, when it finally happens, it can feel like a smack in the face. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’ve been working quite a bit lately, 40-50 hours most weeks since the …
The summer morning routine… Wake slowly when the small person wakes next to me. Mosey our way out to the living room where my husband is probably at his laptop, pour myself some coffee. Sit around for an hour or so. Cuddle with the small person some, or not. Husband makes breakfast; eggs from our …