Helping teachers master their money
Happy (almost) December! The holidays are nearly here and I am so, so excited for all of it-- especially for what 2020 has to bring! But before I get too ahead of myself in typical Rachel fashion, I'm taking a moment to take stock of my net worth. The Financial Diet (a favorite website of [...]
The Field Hockey season wrapped up back in October, so I'm about a month out from my "side hustle" of coaching the JV team. I wanted to take this time to reflect on my experiences working another job as a teacher and also give you guys an exciting announcement about my career 🙂 What it's [...]
Photo by Cristian Escobar via Unsplash.com You guys-- it's official. It's been a year of me writing to you (almost) weekly, consistently baring my money wounds and slowly healing, paying down debt and building wealth. I am thrilled and truly surprised that I've stuck to something like this for a whole year. I mean it when [...]
Photo by Toa Heftiba via Unsplash.com Back to monthly budget posts, and it feels so good! I missed giving you guys insight into my real monthly numbers. But recently, I've been feeling sort of stuck, money-wise. Take a look at my budget & thoughts below and let me know what you think! Income is staying the [...]
Photo by Alejandro Escamilla via Unplash.com I'm nervous. I haven't done a net worth update since April, but I did check my net worth again in September, and I wasn't happy. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but it ended up being just a little higher than the April net worth I tracked. It made sense, [...]
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 by Brooke Lark via Unsplash.com If you follow me on Instagram (which you should if you'll get value from it: @wrachelwrites), you've seen these graphs which break down my yearly spending by percentage. I added up exactly what I spent last year (thanks to my budget records, this was easy to do), and made [...]
Photo by Katie Harp via Unsplash.com Disclaimer: This post contains a promo code for a savings app. I've been mulling over writing this, because it's made me feel a bit icky (I would clearly benefit from it monetarily) and the last thing I want to do is come off as self-serving or inauthentic to my [...]
Photo by Josh Appel via Unsplash.com A few weeks back, I posted this photo on my Instagram (which you should follow, by the way: @wrachelwrites): These categories (car, travel, and gifts) represent the 3 short-to-mid-term things I save up for on a monthly basis, and they are each a line in my budget. In the [...]
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 [...]
Teachers Talk Money 