Accountability: February 2024

Profile I am thirty-nine years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending &…

Accountability: January 2024

Profile I am thirty-nine years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending &…

10 Personal Finance Quizzes for the New Year

10 Personal Finance Quizzes for the New Year

I’m going to be honest, I’m a little overwhelmed this week with the start of a new term, TAing, adjuncting, working, prepping for my transfer exam and a small pile of other tasks that stupid December Mel pushed onto January Mel’s plate. So rather than rambling at you this Wednesday,  I’d like to share 10…

Accountability: December 2023

Profile I am thirty-nine years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending &…

Accountability: November 2023

Profile I am thirty-nine years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending &…

A Reintroduction to brokeGIRLrich

A Reintroduction to brokeGIRLrich

One of my weaknesses is Instagram. I removed the rest of social media off my phone ages ago and I used to only have a small, very intentionally curated group of friends on Instagram, so how much of a time suck could it be? Turns out, still a lot. And lately I’ve noticed a bunch…

Accountability: October 2023

Profile I am thirty-nine years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending &…

Accountability: September 2023

Profile I am thirty nine years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a…

Accountability: August 2023

Profile I am thirty nine years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a…

20.) I will not panic when the stock market and housing values and any of my investments fluctuate over time, because they’re going to do that. And I’m just going to ride it out.

20.) I will not panic when the stock market and housing values and any of my investments fluctuate over time, because they’re going to do that. And I’m just going to ride it out.

Welcome to point 20 on my Money Manifesto! I very confidently declared these things when I was 29 and over the last year I’ve been checking in to do an update on each point to see how the last decade has gone. This is certainly easier said than done. I will say that I do think…

Accountability: June 2023

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a…

19.) I will be careful about who I date and open with my finances with them when it gets serious – so that we can come up with good money plans for our future together.

19.) I will be careful about who I date and open with my finances with them when it gets serious – so that we can come up with good money plans for our future together.

For those just joining us here, a decade ago, I wrote a Money Manifesto and I have been going through each declaration that 29 year old me confidently declared to see how valid they’ve wound up being. Welp, this one will be a short update. This one has been pretty easy. I mean, it would…

Accountability: April 2023

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving Work is…

Accountability: March 2023

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving So things…

18.) So I will always have good health insurance. And any other reasonable insurance to keep from bankrupting myself because of an accident or an act of god or a drunken lunatic driving a car into the living room of my house.

18.) So I will always have good health insurance. And any other reasonable insurance to keep from bankrupting myself because of an accident or an act of god or a drunken lunatic driving a car into the living room of my house.

This series looks at a list of rules I made 10 years ago when I first started this blog regarding how I intended to approach money and life.  Well. I have largely failed at this. I have had health insurance the majority (though not all) of the time since starting this blog but my goodness,…

At the Limits of My Motivation

At the Limits of My Motivation

I have seen something somewhere along the lines of you can prioritize your relationships, your job, your health or your social life and generally you can manage two of these but probably not more. The first time I saw this stuck with me because there is a phrase most people who do any production management…

Accountability: February 2023

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving Guys. I…

Accountability: January 2023

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving I have…

Accountability: December 2022

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving The highlight…

Accountability: November 2022

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving November just…

Accountability: October 2022

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving Alright, October.…

Accountability: September 2022

Profile I am thirty eight years old and I’m a digital event producer and very occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving Nothing like…