Accountability: July 2018

Accountability: July 2018

Profile I am thirty four years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…

Accountability: June 2018

Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…

Accountability: May 2018

Accountability: May 2018

Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…

Accountability: April 2018

Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…

Accountability: March 2018

Profile   I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money…

Alpharetta, GA: Home of So Many Donuts

Accountability: February 2018

Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…

Photo Credit: Maike Schultz

Accountability: January 2018

Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…

8 New Year’s Resolutions for 2018

Have you guys started thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions yet? I’m all about the power of the list – as a matter of fact, I think it’s been one of the biggest things that have helped me achieve everything I’ve achieved. It’s difficult to get going without a clear direction. A list alone doesn’t…

Winter at the circus.

Accountability: December 2017

Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…

Tucked in next to the Metropolitan Opera - NYC's only trailer park.

Accountability: November 2017

Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…

15 Financial Goals to Achieve By 40

Guys, if you haven’t seen it yet, go over to Personal Finance Junkie and check out their post 15 Financial Goals to Achieve By 40. Here are a few things I love about this list: I like goals I need to achieve by 40. Since it’s too late for all those goals I’m supposed to…

Accountability: October 2017

Profile I am 33 years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. They also feed me. Thank goodness or I probably would’ve died this month. Saving & Spending This is going to be a pretty boring month because I worked my…

Accountability: September 2017

Profile I am 33 years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. They also feed me. Saving & Spending This was an odd month. The odd month started last month when a choreographer I worked with last year posted that she…

Accountability: August 2017

Profile I am thirty three years old and I am a Stage Manager at Sleep No More in New York City. I make $115/show and work 7-8 shows a week. I also work very part time at The Ride – a ridiculous tourist trap bus in Times Square that’s actually pretty fun. Saving & Spending…

Accountability: July 2017

Profile I am thirty three years old and I am a Stage Manager at Sleep No More in New York City. My contract just extended through January. I make $115/show and work 7-8 shows a week. I also work part time at The Ride – a ridiculous tourist trap bus in Times Square that’s actually…

Accountability: June 2017

Profile I am thirty-two years old and I am a Stage Manager at Sleep No More in New York City. My contract just extended through January. I make $115/show and work 7-8 shows a week. Saving & Spending So on the plus side, life does not feel like I’m on a runaway roller coaster anymore.…

The Personal Finance Mountain

The Personal Finance Mountain

I am pretty convinced that we’re all climbing the same mountain, just most of us don’t realize it, and the further up the mountain I get, the more convinced of it I am. A lot of folks spend their whole lives in the foothills of the personal finance mountains and never even start their climb,…

Accountability: May 2017

Profile I am thirty two years old and I started out this month as the Assistant Stage Manager/Props for Susannah with Opera Roanoke and finished it out as a Stage Manager at Sleep No More in New York City. I’m on contract there through the end of August. I make $115/show and work 7-8 shows…

Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical

Accountability: April 2017

Profile I am thirty two years old and I started out this month as the Production Stage Manager of Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical.   I am now the Assistant Stage Manager/Props Master for Susannah with Opera Roanoke, a regional opera company in Roanoke, Virginia. At the end of this show, I’ll receive a $1,000…

Back to work.

Accountability: March 2017

Profile I am thirty two years old and I am the Production Stage Manager for Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical at the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute. I make $400 per week with no per diem. I also only started this gig at the end of the month, so for the rest of March we can…

Flipper McGillicuddy Looks for a Job (And So Do I)

Accountability: February 2017

Profile I am thirty two years old and I’m unemployed. It’s cool though. Well… no it’s not. But I’m surviving. Saving & Spending 2017 might be cursed. I’m not sure yet. For the first time in my career, a job got cancelled at the last minute. And by last minute I mean, like… less than…

Signing the wall is my favorite.

Accountability: January 2017

Profile I am thirty two years old and I was the Production Stage Manager for the national tour of FAME until the middle of this month. I made $700 per week and a $300 weekly stipend, though the job ended a little less than 3 weeks into the month. I start my next gig the…

2017 New Year's Resolutions

2017 New Year’s Resolutions

The power of setting goals and making a list is pretty awesome. In my own life, I’ve seen the power of setting goals really help me out financially. My net worth has grown around $46,000 over the 3+ years I’ve been blogging. I made myself run a 5k. I’ve managed to prioritize time with family…

Accountability: December 2016

Profile I am thirty two years old and I am the Production Stage Manager for the national tour of FAME. I make $700 per week and a $300 weekly stipend, though this week I only worked 10 days out of the month, which was not so awesome. Saving & Spending What can I say other…

Things That Money Can't Buy

Things That Money Can’t Buy

Christmas Eve and Christmas are those days when all the things that money can’t buy come together for me. Which is kind of odd, because there is definitely a tree with a bunch of presents piled under it. But when I think back over thirty two years of Christmas, I mostly just remember togetherness. I…