Rant: The only rant I can think of at this point is the market is inhibiting progress on my net worth goals. I’ve basically been flat for the last 2 months. Kind of disheartening, but I know I’ll see gains in the future when the market rebounds! Rave: After months of eager (and somewhat impatient) waiting, the time […]
Rant n Rave: Different Lifestyles and Mega Milestones
Rants: I frequent the /r/financialindependence subreddit pretty much every day. I love the community and sense of camaraderie that comes from other people on the same weird track as me. It’s really great to be able to commiserate about forgetting your lunch or celebrating savings milestones. But. (there’s always a but) I know of no real delicate […]
Rant n Rave: Moving, Identity Theft, and Minimalism
Rants: I was checking over my accounts in Mint when I noticed something strange. Apparently, I had apparated to the East Coast and gone on a wild $10 shopping spree at Build a Bear. No joke. Someone stole my credit card information and bought $10 worth of merchandise from Build a Bear. It was painfully obvious I hadn’t done anything of the […]
Rant and Rave 2: Freaking Food
Rant: Hi my name is Gwen and I have a problem with food. Not like the traditional problems of eating too much or too little, or even the problem of eating bad stuff. (Although I could probably stand to eat less sugar.) No, my problem is not making my own. I ate out WAY too much last week, and […]
Rant and Rave 1
I decided to do a series of posts called Rant and Rave, in which I rant about a few things, and then also rave about a few things. I know, it’s a really original title haha. RANT(S) Now that more and more of my friends have graduated from college and gotten “big people jobs”, I’ve started to see a disturbing trend pop […]