2016 was an insane year, I’ll be honest I’m glad it’s over. 2017 holds a lot of uncertainty for me as I embark on the journey of self-employment. But a lot of uncertainty also means a lot of opportunities. I’m excited to see where it might lead. But before I can see where I might …
Happy Friday friends! I’m excited for another installment of Student Loan Conquerors. Student Loan Conquerors is an interview series where I talk with some awesome people tackling their student loan debt head on and finding out how they are doing it and what inspired them to start in the first place. If you are interested in …
2016 has been a ball buster of a year. It’s flown by and is quickly coming to an end. I want to help you kick off 2017 with a bang. What better way to kick start the year than with kicking some debt to the curb? I know that debt repayment is not always a …
As I approach my impending self-employment, my finances and particularly my expenses are on my mind. But I’m not canceling inexpensive subscriptions because of the cost. Currently, I have a subscription to Hulu and CBS All Access, in total, they come to about $12 a month. Come Jan. 1st I’ll be canceling both. It’s Not …
If you’re making repaying debt and student loan debt, in particular, a priority, awesome. Way to go you. Do yourself a favor and make sure you aren’t taking a step backward with every two steps forward. Avoid these mistakes: 1. Building Up More Debt While Repaying Debt It’s really hard to pay off your student …
With the holidays approaching, gift giving is definitely on my mind. I’m excited that this year my family decided amongst the adults to just draw names and give one gift. I’m pumped not only because it’ll be a nice break for my wallet. (I’ve already spent over $400 on a plane ticket) But also because …
You can always make more money, but you can’t make more time. You probably hear this saying floating around the personal finance blogosphere. It is I would guess a major reason there are so many people pursuing FIRE (financial independence/retire early). Oh, and would that I could, I’d be pursuing that too, but first I …
As I continue to pummel towards self-employment, I’m working to make sure I’m not wasting any money. I’m also experimenting with a few things to see if they can save me some money. I’ll be Home More, so I’m Cooking More I am and will continue to be traveling a lot less for the rest …
Side hustling and blogging go together like peanut butter and fluff (I hate jelly, fluffernutters all the way!). Many a blog would turn into a side hustle if it didn’t actually start out that way. But blogging isn’t for everyone, in which case you’ll need to look for those side hustle jobs and therefore extra money doing …
A while back, when driving for Lyft I was taking a friendly group to a party. They asked why I decided to start driving with Lyft. Per usual, I said I had a shit ton of student loan debt. Turns out this group was a group of doctors. They said they had a ton of student …