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Financial Independence from a millennial's point of view.

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Meet Me in St. Louis

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No time to bury the lede — I’m mov­ing to St. Louis! Reac­tions from friends and fam­i­ly have var­ied when I tell them I got a new job and am mov­ing yet again. Anony­mous fam­i­ly mem­ber: “Good grief! Anoth­er job change? You haven’t been at this one for 6 months! .…whichev­er, I wish the best for you” Friend #1: “No […]

Monthly Status Report: October 2019

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Dis­claimer: some links may be affil­i­ate links. They help off­set the cost of keep­ing this blog run­ning! Why do I do a month­ly sta­tus report? I find it best to do a month­ly sta­tus report for a few rea­sons. It helps me eval­u­ate how I did the pre­vi­ous month. Did I hit a tar­get reduc­tion in spend­ing or did I go way over bud­get for […]

It’s Ok to Change Your Mind

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I’ve noticed a com­mon theme in con­ver­sa­tions with friends the last few months. These friends have made big, bold deci­sions.…… and are now ques­tion­ing if that’s what they real­ly want/if they’re happy/if that’s the best path for­ward for them. To my friends, I say it’s ok to change your mind. I’ll say it again for my friends […]

Interviewing for Jobs Sucks

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I think every adult in Amer­i­ca knows the strug­gle. The soul-suck­­ing, con­fi­dence drain­ing, emo­tion­al roller coast­er of a search that is inter­view­ing for new jobs. After my last round of inter­view­ing, I was so hap­py to be done with the cir­cus of apply­ing for new jobs. I thought, I found a real­ly great employ­er with great ben­e­fits. I could see myself […]

Monthly Status Report: September 2019

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Dis­claimer: some links may be affil­i­ate links. They help off­set the cost of keep­ing this blog run­ning! Why do I do a month­ly sta­tus report? I find it best to do a month­ly sta­tus report for a few rea­sons. It helps me eval­u­ate how I did the pre­vi­ous month. Did I hit a tar­get reduc­tion in spend­ing or did I go way over bud­get for […]

Monthly Status Report: August 2019

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Dis­claimer: some links may be affil­i­ate links. They help off­set the cost of keep­ing this blog run­ning! Why do I do a month­ly sta­tus report? I find it best to do a month­ly sta­tus report for a few rea­sons. It helps me eval­u­ate how I did the pre­vi­ous month. Did I hit a tar­get reduc­tion in spend­ing or did I go way over bud­get for […]