A Personal Finance Blog
Heading into 2024 with $1 million in reach Usually I do net-worth updates in June, but we hit an exciting milestone at the end of 2023 so I wanted to share some off-cycle news. We hit $975,000! That means that, unless we have a truly ugly year, we will no doubt hit seven figures in
Inflation is currently at 8%, and it’s hitting us all right in the groceries — and sending us searching for ways to keep a frugal kitchen. Take a look at my must-have kitchen gear that enables me to keep my food costs down. 1. Stove-top espresso pot Frugal rationale: Espresso at home without a $2,000
We started year two of our Big Plan to achieve financial independence in the middle of the pandemic, and we finish it this month, with Mayor de Blasio having recently declared New York City open. When that announcement was made at the end of April, it felt too soon to me, and I (renowned immunologist)
Oh, New York, where kitchens are the size of airplane lavatories and ovens are used for sweater storage. How does one eat real food living in this city? If you’re reading this, I imagine that you have actually turned your oven on at some point. I’ve seriously met people here who haven’t. Setting aside those
Do you feel pressured to do something perfectly? Do you feel like “they” expect you to do everything to its fullest extent or most extreme manifestation (even if you secretly don’t know who the ever loving hell “they” are)? Are you **cough, cough** perhaps putting that pressure on yourself? If not, then feel free to
As I sit down and write this I’m in my comfy, mostly-unpacked Brooklyn living room. My three-year-old son is napping. And my husband is working from home in the bedroom. It’s Friday afternoon. I’ve got Sex in the City on in the background (I guess I’m feeling nostalgic) and laundry drying on a clotheshorse. Life is
First things, first. I’m a podcast junkie and I don’t care who knows it. For the past few years, I’ve worn out successive pairs of these sleeping headphones because I love falling asleep to ideas and voices. I also love Venn diagrams, and in my mind, there is one depicting the overlap of content I listen
2018 was the year I went down the FI rabbit hole. I can’t say that my husband and I were big spenders before I found Mr. Money Mustache’s blog. We were already debt-free and had savings well into six figures. But (and stop me when you’ve heard this before) we were making a lot of
If you haven’t heard the term FOMO, it’s probably because you just don’t know the acronym. As soon as I say it stands for “fear of missing out,” any human being can immediately relate. If you haven’t heard of JOMO, however, read on! We have all felt the pang of knowing that others are having