This last week I went back into NYC for the first time since the pandemic started. I live about 40 minutes away in New Jersey and trips into the city, as well as working there sometimes, have been a pretty regular part of my life since I was a teenager. There’s no lost love between…
Happiness is important in any career. However, it’s not always the full story. Many of us are looking for ways to earn more money. We want jobs that satisfy us, whilst also providing a generous paycheque. When you’re trying to find a career that pays well and is interesting, it can be difficult to know…
If you pay off your credit cards every month, I am a strong advocate of harnessing the power of rewards cards. If you don’t pay off your cards every month, the interest rate generally destroys the value of using rewards cards. Over the last several years, I’ve usually opened new credit cards when planning for…
In our continuing quest to find an affordable meal kit that has good recipes, this month I moved on to Sunbasket. Now, Sunbasket is definitely in the splurge category. It’s one of the more expensive meal kits I’ve looked at during this project. The introductory offer was $70 off across 4 meal orders. We all…
Profile I am thirty six years old and I’m a freelance digital event producer. I make $50/hour at the main company I work with. I also work part time for a theatre company doing a digital murder mystery/escape room for £15-£20 a show a few evenings a week. Spending & Saving I’ve been having a…
No matter how financially secure you are, you can always get taken by surprise. Many people are hit with unexpected bills and struggle to handle them, whether it’s a sudden medical emergency, a busted water tank, or your math isn’t as good as you thought it was, life can be an expensive game. Let’s take…
One thing I’ve noticed when talking with college students about personal finance is how totally overwhelmed they are on exactly where to start. It’s easy to get a few years down the path of financial literacy and forget how impossible making any progress can seem. So let’s review a little. Step 1 for planning for…
So, despite being increasingly proficient at financial stuff, our healthcare system is still just too much for me. I realized recently that deep down, I always feel like I’m spinning a game wheel every time I walk into a doctor’s office. Will this magically be covered? Will it cost me $1,000? Will it cost me…
Long story short: if you’re not following Money Machine Newsletter’s daily stock ideas, you’re leaving money in the market. If you ask most old-fashioned stock market investors, they’ll tell you to pick your stocks and leave your money there for years, sometimes decades, to reap your returns in retirement. Money Machine Newsletter believes long-term investing…
Continuing with our meal subscription theme, (you can check out the Hello Fresh review here), we moved on to Blue Apron. I often see Hello Fresh and Blue Apron mentioned as similar meal plans. Price-wise they were in the same range. Blue Apron has a $10 cashback on Rakuten on top of their introductory discounts.…
Thinking about starting your own business? Setting up an office in your home can be a big decision. If you’re planning to spend endless hours working there, it’s essential to put enough thought and effort into getting everything right. You’ll be so much more productive if you’re comfortable and can stay organized. Here are 4…
A watch serves as a constant reminder of the person who bestowed it upon you. Watches are a unique gift because you wear them on your wrist and are reminded of the person who gifted them to you every day. Giving someone a watch is a great way to show them that you care about…
There’s something to be said for simplicity. This past year, when I was knee deep in trying to buy a house, I knew I couldn’t mess with my credit score and so I just left every credit card I had alone. I have been a fairly hardcore rewards card churner for the last seven years.…
Getting an education on a budget can be challenging, as most millennials already know. However, there are several effective ways that you can stretch your budget, whether you are a med student, an accounting student, or pursuing qualifications in any other field. These savvy savings tips will help you get through med school with less…
Profile I am thirty six years old and I’m a freelance digital event producer. I make $50/hour at the main company I work with. I also work part time for a theatre company doing a digital murder mystery/escape room for £15-£20 a show a few evenings a week. Spending & Saving What a fast month.…
Friends, things are starting to happen again. I have an interview this week for a short contract with an opera company I worked for a few years ago. And I have to be honest, I don’t know how I feel about it. I really enjoyed working for that company. The director is my favorite director…
Something I find kind of difficult is meal planning. I don’t really like cooking. I am sort of cheap, so buying everything to make some fancy meal really adds up when you don’t cook regularly and already have a cabinet full of spices and oils and the basics to cook. I also am either on…
Even with all the safety standards that employees respect, workplace accidents still happen frequently. In some industries, on-the-job accidents can have serious implications and drastically affect the victim’s life. As an employee, it’s critical to know how to act in case of an accident. If you take the right steps after the accident, you have…
I think a really strong place to start with personal finance is to just assess where you are and creating a net worth statement can help you get there. A cool thing about this step is you can sit down and do it right now and in an hour or two, you’ll probably have it…
Profile I am thirty six years old and I’m a freelance digital event producer. I make $50/hour at the main company I work with. I also work part time for a theatre company doing a digital murder mystery/escape room for £15 a show a few evenings a week. Spending & Saving So my month largely…
If you have made the decision to relocate abroad, there are various important factors you will need to consider; finding ex-pat health insurance and relevant health details depending on the region you have chosen to move to, such as Mexican insurance or health insurance in Australia. However, once you have considered most of the essential…
On July 22, 2013 I was 28 years old and I published WTF is this Stock Market Thing? (Step 1). (You totally don’t have to click that link. It’s not a very good post.) For the last 2815 days, seven and a half years, I’ve posted at least three times a week. For several years…
Profile I am thirty six years old and I’m a freelance digital event producer. I make $50/hour and generally work about 16-20 hours a week, though work was busier than previous months this month. I also work part time for a theatre company doing a digital murder mystery/escape room for £15 a show a few…
About six years ago, I was a super advocate for digit and Dobot. Both of these are apps that connect to your checking account and siphon out small amounts using an algorithm (or you can schedule a set amount) into a saving account. They were incredible and free, but then both services started charging. If…
I was looking up some SEO information on Stage Management – for my non-blogger friends out there, that’s how to optimize for searches and found that one of the most commonly searched phrases is Stage Manager Job Description. And it got me thinking. It’s kind of a hard job to define, isn’t it? If you’re…