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Fiery Millennials

Financial Independence from a millennial's point of view.

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Back in the Saddle

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I am now offi­cial­ly a full-time employ­ee again! In the last episode, I was strug­gling to fig­ure out if I want­ed to go with Enti­ty A or B. Enti­ty B had me back for an all-day inter­view, but I did­n’t hear back from them fast enough to turn down the job at Enti­ty A. It’s pos­si­ble I could still hear some­thing from […]

Decisions, Decisions

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I feel a small point of clar­i­fi­ca­tion is need­ed from me before we dive into the meat of the post today after appear­ing in a Mar­ket­Watch arti­cle yes­ter­day. Most peo­ple walked away with the impres­sion I tried to retire on $200,000 at the age of 27 and I just want­ed to assure peo­ple that no, that’s not what I tried […]

A New Perspective

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I’ve always con­sid­ered myself pret­ty short. It seems every­one I know tow­ers over me. The aver­age Amer­i­can woman is 5′4″ so I was lit­er­al­ly of aver­age height. I say “was” because it appears I have grown an inch some­where along the line and I now check in at 5′ 5″ tall. I have longed to be taller ever since I hit […]

10 Inspirational Songs for Entrepreneurs

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Some­times when I’m alone dur­ing the day on my com­put­er I get a lit­tle beat down. So, I have an inspi­ra­tional playlist that I whip out in times of need. Like the song ver­sion of Super­man, com­ing to save the day. Minus the tights. I thought, if this playlist helps me, it will prob­a­bly help some­one else feel bet­ter too. I […]

Adventures in Entrepreneurship: Freelance Writing

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As you might recall, I quit my high pay­ing cor­po­rate job at the end of March 2018 to move in with my boyfriend in a dif­fer­ent state. This meant bye bye ridicu­lous­ly awe­some pay­checks and hel­loooooo stress/anxiety about mon­ey. I’ve become much more seri­ous about find­ing ways to earn mon­ey now that I’m not work­ing for a big […]

Quitting My Corporate Career

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I’m done. I did it. I quit my W‑2 cor­po­rate career job. I am now my own boss. Back­ground When I was a fresh-faced young pro­fes­sion­al in 2014, I could­n’t imag­ine quit­ting my job. Iron­i­cal­ly enough, I was laser focused on amass­ing as much mon­ey as I could so I could retire by 35 and nev­er have to wor­ry about work­ing again. My friend […]