What to Consider When Signing a New Employment Contract

Entering contracted work can be tricky for both parties, particularly if this is a first time for either the employer or the employee. This article covers considerations you ought to make when signing a new employment contract for both parties. Who Needs an Employment Contract? Anyone who wants to enter into an agreement of employment…

Essential Steps To Take If You Have Been Fired Unfairly

Losing your income, undoubtedly, feels unfair. Of course, you need your income to pay your bills and survive. However, employment laws define unfair dismissal as termination that contradicts the employment contract, legislation standards, termination without notice or severance, discrimination, and retaliation. Employment laws can be tricky to navigate, so if you aren’t entirely certain that…

How to Protect Your Kids During a Divorce

Photo by olia danilevich When you are going through a divorce you always want to make sure that you are protecting your greatest asset, which is your kids.  Taking the time to make sure that your kids are properly protected is critical. The last thing you want is for them to have emotional damage from…

5 Unexpected Expenses When Moving to London

5 Unexpected Expenses When Moving to London

Moving abroad is a little bananas. Sometimes I feel like I just took my savings and set them on fire. Something is missed at every turn with my budgeting. It began with my visa. I did some research before moving to the UK and looked up all my visa fees but it wasn’t until I…

What is The Actively Strategic Side of Passive Income?

The concept of passive income has gained significant traction. At the moment, one in five US households is able to generate some level of passive income. Additionally, for a lot of them, passive income comes through dividends or rental properties, or interests. In rare cases, passive income can also be associated with a business model. …

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 &…

Do You Have Weird Job Dreams?

Do You Have Weird Job Dreams?

It’s been a while since I wrote much stage management content, so today I thought we’d take a break from personal finance and I’d ramble a little bit about the absolutely insane dreams that sometimes accompany some shows. I recently worked a fairly high stress festival on minimal sleep for the week and I have…

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…

Considerations Before Deciding What Passive Income Approach to Take

Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-white-long-sleeve-shirt-using-macbook-pro-5076531/  If you are trying to bring in some extra income, a lot of people will turn to passive income methods. Passive income is where you make an income on the side but with minimal effort. It can be achieved through various methods such as rental income, multifamily investing, advertising revenue…

Things to Remember When Involved in Any Accident

Life and death are both very real possibilities. When you’re involved in a car accident, you need to be prepared for the worst case scenario: that someone else might die or suffer serious injuries as a result of your actions. The best way to ensure that doesn’t happen is to take every precaution possible when…

22.) I will seek out people who know more than I do about how to handle your money well and not be afraid to ask them how they got that way.

22.) I will seek out people who know more than I do about how to handle your money well and not be afraid to ask them how they got that way.

Impact-Site-Verification: -1177662964 Welcome to the penultimate post of updates on my money manifesto. Shortly after I started this blog 10 years ago, I found J. Money’s millionaire club at Budgets Are Sexy and wrote this manifesto to try to succeed in joining it. It’s been just under 10 years and I’ve spent this last year…

How to Upskill as a Manager

People will always say that their managers at work have an impact on their mental and their physical health, more so than their therapist, their doctor or their trainer. Why? Well, when you spend upwards of eight hours per day directly working with your manager, you need to make sure that you are working with…

The Essential Guide to Boat Maintenance And Care

Owning a boat is a dream for many. A boat provides adventures on the water, fishing trips, or simply relaxing days under the sun. But, like any valuable possession, a boat needs care. Regular boat maintenance ensures that your vessel stays in top shape, ready for any journey. Before setting sail, you want to make…

Bitcoin Trading Strategies for Beginners

                  In the changing world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is one of the most popular and pioneering cryptocurrencies. It has allowed individuals to make safe, independent, transparent, speedy transactions. As Bitcoin grew in popularity, so did its investment value, and now, amateurs and seasoned traders are trading Bitcoin…

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…

Is Temu Legit? My Experience with Temu

Is Temu Legit? My Experience with Temu

Friends. I caved the siren song of cheap things. I bought some stuff from Temu. I will admit I knew like nothing about Temu other than… this stuff is suspiciously cheap. How do you even make stuff this cheap? I hoped it was because with a nice, long shipping time, that’s no problem these days.…

What to Pack to Visit Switzerland in the Summer

What to Pack to Visit Switzerland in the Summer

Once in a while we deviate from the directly finance related content on here to write a post I or a friend really needed on the internet but couldn’t find. Today I bring you what to pack for a week in Switzerland in August. This may sound straightforward but it turned out that packing to…

A Guide For Buying Your Dream Home

Never think that you will never be able to buy your dream home. Although some homes are mortgages that might be out of your price range, there will be plenty on the market that cannot fulfill your needs and be a dream property for you. If you are on the hunt for your dream home…