I’ve come to a horrifying and fascinating realization: the less you care, the more you get. And this new truth makes me SO mad š because I care too much. I always have. I’ve always gone above and beyond on school projects…even when I attended a Montessori middle school that didn’t give grades. Continue reading “How I Negotiated A 25% Salary Increase Over Email”
Let’s get right to it: Iāve never wanted children. Interestingly, the decision not to have kids is one of the few things in life that you have to defend not doing. Now that my friends have moved past an abundance of weddings weāve entered the ābaby makingā phase and I now get more questions about why I donāt want children than any other decision in my life (including retiring at 30ā¦). Continue reading “No, Iām Never Having Kids.”
Welcome to a new year! After tweeting about a lot of random thoughts and wildlife encounters, someone on Twitter called my life “excitedly mundane” and I think that is a compliment š . So let’s see what kind of ridiculousness I got up to during the first month of 2021. Continue reading “The Month Of Rest: Early Retirement Month 4 (January 2021)”
There is a question I am often asked on podcasts, in interviews and even at times in person: Why should someone pursue financial independence? I have heard this question as a response to someone telling me that they “like working” or “love their job” and my answer has always been because “Nothing lasts forever.” Continue reading “Why Pursue Financial Independence? Because Nothing Lasts Forever”
My Mom and I love to travel. Growing up, travel for us consisted of the 90s stereotype: road trips with 5 people stuffed into a sedan AKA my nightmare š . However, when I was in college, my Mom got a job at an airline and a whole new world opened up to us š . Continue reading “Cancelling My International Retirement Travel: Credits, Points and Money Lost”
Unfortunately, today I’m not talking about the ridiculous and amazing movie The Holiday, but instead what I got up to during Week 12 of early retirement š . Continue reading “Early Retirement Week 12: The Holiday”
I’m here to tell you the real truth. FIRE Blogging is a scam. It’s the only way to ‘retire early’ and I know the secret of how you can do it too! Continue reading “The Meta-Weirdness Of Making Money From A FIRE Blog In Retirement”
Surprise!Ā It’s been exactly six years since I started my journey to financial independence and started writing this blog (though I only took it public July 2018). Today I want to celebrate by reflecting on anything new I’ve learned in the last year since my 5 year anniversary post.Ā Continue reading “Lessons Learned After 6 Years Of Blog Writing”