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
Frugality
Is the Financial Independence Community Inherently Judgmental?
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
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Frugality
The Big Plan: On FIRE in NYC
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
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Miscellany
Granny Shooter or Free Hander: What’s Your FI Threshold?
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
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Frugality
Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit: Frugalino Wins of 2018
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
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Minimalism
JOMO Can Help Your Bottom Line
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
