For as long as I can remember my computer has been yelling at me that my iCloud account was almost out of space. Every time it would, I would dutifully hit the ignore button and continue on with my task. This worked great until the past week. To help run Continue Reading
Thoughts
Let’s Talk About Death, Part 2
I am very happy/proud to say that I fulfilled my promise in Let’s Talk About Death, Part 1, and have given my family a password protected copy of my Family Emergency Binder. Being that I am using the binder to let my family know where my money is invested if Continue Reading
Let’s Talk About Death, Part 1
While it can be an uncomfortable issue to think about, I believe we do those around us a great disservice by not preparing for the inevitable, and preparing sooner rather than later.
Know Thy Benefits
Four places I have found benefits and how I have used them.
Folding, Finances, and Freedom
I was getting ready to head to the gym recently and opened my athletic clothes drawer and it got stuck after only opening an inch. I thought not nice thoughts and placed my hand in the drawer to smack down the clothes blocking it opening, and once opened, grabbed my Continue Reading
When Your Industry Disappears
There is nothing that will make you appreciate the financial independence journey you have been on like your entire industry disappearing. I have mentioned previously that the nature of the theatre industry is feast or famine. You can go from months of grinding out 6-7 day work weeks to having Continue Reading
You Can Do That!?!? Lowering my personal property tax
One thing that has been very interesting about quarantine is it is introducing me to “real” life. I have spent the majority of my adult life touring the nation with Broadway shows, moving to a new city anywhere from every night, to every few weeks, so have not done a Continue Reading
Try
As I mentioned in my last article, this post is going to be geared to looking at trying new/different things through a frugal mindset. While I don’t know him personally, one person who has expanded my mind on the frugal way of trying things is Alan Donegan. Alan runs the Continue Reading
Know Thyself
I was listening to the Afford Anything Podcast recently and in the episode Paula Pant said something to the effect of: This is a self-improvement/mental health/life coaching podcast disguised as a financial podcast. This is truthfully one of my favorite parts about learning more about financial matters and looking to Continue Reading
Quarantine Musings
With COVID and the sheltering in place that I have been doing, along with the loss of my job, I finally have time to not only write another post, but have also been doing a good bit of thinking about the concepts of Financial Independence and finances in general. Below Continue Reading