Helping teachers master their money
https://youtu.be/Dv7FzrzroS8 Most months don't bring very much financial anxiety for me anymore. I've grown a lot in this way: when I started this website, my anxiety seemed to creep into every post. Now, I don't often worry about money like I used to (other than, for instance, during the start of a global pandemic). September [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCt9km01dFY&feature=youtu.be One of my favorite topics in the world of personal finance is FIRE (financial independence retire early) because I find it so liberating and ridiculously simple to understand. I find that this topic, unlike any other, encourages people to dream bigger than they thought they could and still get hyper-specific about their numbers. So, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAx9UL7P0gE&feature=youtu.be Hey everyone! August is here and so also is the second month of me living off of my savings for the summer. This will be a quick blog post, since the budget is much the same as it was for July-- here are the numbers: The notable changes for this month are that my [...]
I'd been going around in circles, in my head, trying to come up with an elegant solution for people trying to just start getting control of their money. But it wasn't simple. I knew this because my own journey had been messy-- I followed financial resources that I later learned to be problematic. I tried [...]
Photo by Patrick Fore via Unsplash.com I'm so happy to be letting you guys into my budget once again! I've put a hold on it for so long (I haven't made a budget post since June!) because I haven't gotten a normal paycheck until now-- and with my increase in salary, I wasn't even sure [...]
Photo from getrichslowly.org You guys know I love writing and talking about money with everyone in my life-- it's awesome to learn what my family & friends believe about money, what we all have in common, and what we all do differently. I often find everyone has something to teach me, and I absolutely love [...]
Photo by Daniel Fazio via Unsplash.com I'm excited to announce some big salary changes this year! As you guys know, I made about $49,000 last year, plus about $3,000 with my summer job for a total of $52,000 gross income. It was definitely enough to pay off debt and live comfortably, but with some of the [...]
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