2025 is shaping up to be a pretty exciting year! If all goes according to plan, I’ll finally wrap up grad school by the end of it. As an international student, though, this whole period feels like a weird in-between—kind of like a liminal space where I’m juggling academic deadlines and thinking about what comes…
Profile I am forty years old, an occasional digital event producer and freelance stage manager. I work as a TA and an adjunct. I also work a variety of side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving So, unsurprisingly, December was kind of expensive. It’s always extra…
Profile I am forty years old, an occasional digital event producer and freelance stage manager. I work as a TA and an adjunct. I also work a variety of side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving I think the main killer expense this month was food,…
Profile I am forty years old, an occasional digital event producer and freelance stage manager. I work as a TA and an adjunct. I also work a variety of side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving Not such a bad month. Very busy though. I am…
Profile I am forty years old, an occasional digital event producer and freelance stage manager. I also work as a TA and an adjunct. I also work a variety of side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending & Saving So income this month was grim and expenses were…
Profile I am forty years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I work as a TA and an adjunct. I also work a variety of side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Once in a blue moon, I still get to be a stage manager.…
Profile I am forty years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I work as a TA and an adjunct. I also work a variety of side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Once in a blue moon, I still get to be a stage manager.…
In the early days of this blog, I wrote a series of posts called Doin ‘it by the Decade and I did a little of (quite-honestly, in retrospect, half-assed) research about what sort of things I should and should be doing as I progressed through each decade. Side Note: Hilariously to me, the hideous infographic…
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 and I work as an adjunct. I also work a variety of small side hustles and am a full-time student working…
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 &…
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 &…
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 &…
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 &…
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…
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 &…
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 &…
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…
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 &…
Since January 2022, I’ve been reviewing the 23 steps to my Money Manifesto that I wrote in 2014. Some have gone really well. Some have not. And a few were actually a little weird and maybe not Money Manifesto level goals. But I’m definitely surprised at the impact 9+ years of tracking my finances, trying…
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…
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…
In this series, I’ve been reviewing a document I wrote almost 10 years ago called Mel’s Money Manifesto. I typed it out in the early days of this blog and as I’ve just celebrated my 10 year anniversary with brokeGIRLrich, it seemed like a good time to see how realistic some of those goals were.…
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…
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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…