A few days ago, I wrote about the frugality snowball. I was thinking about it because I was trying to figure out how to cram the end of my 2015 savings goals into my budget, despite the fact that I don’t totally know how much money I’ll make in December. The funny thing was, that…
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Profile I am thirty one years old and I am a stage manager and lighting director for a touring children’s theater show called Clifford the Big Red Dog Live! I also just left my job as stage manager for Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic (if you live in the tri-state area and like weird immersive theater, there…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am a stage manager for an Off-Broadway show called Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic (if you live in the tri-state area, buy a ticket and support us some Saturday – we extended into the fall!). I have no rent and no real bills. I now make $175 a…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am a stage manager for an Off-Broadway show called Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic (if you live in the tri-state area, buy a ticket and support us some Saturday this summer!). I have no rent and no real bills. I actually got a $25 raise per show this…
After hitting rock bottom motivation wise this week, you guys have provided me with some great advice – the key piece being “make a list.” Funny thing is – I had a list for the summer. On my phone that crashed a few weeks ago. When it was replaced, all the info on it was…
This title is misleading, because I can’t claim to be an expert in staying motivated. Actually, can you be a reverse expert? I’m sort of an expert at procrastination and being totally unmotivated. Am I the only one who does life so much better when they’re busy most of the time? The last few months…
Profile I am thirty years old and I was a stage manager/lighting director for a show out on tour until about a week ago. I have no rent and no real bills. I made $700 a week with an additional $30/day per diem. I live life on the edge with no health insurance and am…
Profile I am thirty years old and I am a stage manager/lighting director for a show out on tour. I have no rent and no real bills. I make $700 a week with an additional $30/day per diem. I have no benefits whatsoever with this job – except workman’s comp, should I electrocute myself or…
Profile I am thirty years old and I am a stage manager/lighting director for a show out on tour. I have no rent and no real bills… although there’s a good chance I should actually invest in some health insurance. I’m not 100% sold on that idea yet though. I make $700 a week with…
I feel like I keep harping on spending money lately, but I think it’s just because it’s where I’m at in life. When I was paying down debt, I wrote post after post about doing just that. When I was finally debt free, I went on a budgeting spree to figure out how to organize…
Profile I am thirty years old and I am a stage manager/lighting director for a show out on tour. I have no rent and no real bills… although there’s a good chance I should actually invest in some health insurance. I’m not 100% sold on that idea yet though. I make $700 a week with…
Profile I am thirty years old and I am a stage manager/lighting director for a show out on tour. I have no rent and no real bills… although there’s a good chance I should actually invest in some health insurance. I’m not 100% sold on that idea yet though. I make $700 a week with…
Profile I am thirty years old and I am a stage manager/lighting director for a show about to head out on tour. I just moved out of one of the most expensive cities in America in favor of storing my stuff at my parents house while I’m on the road until the end of May.…
Are you guys resolution makers? To be honest, I usually put a little effort into thinking of a few things and then totally forget about them – one of the benefits of blogging though is constantly keeping your goals in view. Last year I got to write a guest post over at Fit is the…
Sometime the benefits of hard work seem really far off, I mean, saving for retirement as a 30 year old literally feels like I’m throwing away my money at times… even though I know better. The same with building up an emergency fund, I mean, really? I’ve got thousands of dollars of credit available to…
Profile I am thirty years old and I still work as an assistant production manager… for a few more weeks. I’m debt free, live in one of the most expensive cities in America… for a few more weeks, and my yearly salary is $53,560… for a few more weeks. Saving & Spending So savings wise,…
Profile I am thirty years old and I still work as an assistant production manager. I’m debt free, live in one of the most expensive cities in America, and my yearly salary is $53,560. Saving & Spending Who maxed out her IRA this month? That’s right, this girl. Take that Money Manifesto for IRA 2014…
Profile I am thirty years old and the first full month of my 30’s didn’t go so badly. It still might be the year of Mel. I work as an assistant production manager and, my yearly salary is $53,560. Saving & Spending: The Good The good has been the $600 that went into my IRA…
Profile I am thirty years old and this is the first accountability update of my thirties. I am so going to nail this decade. It’s the year of Mel. I work as an assistant production manager and to start out the year of Mel, my yearly salary increased to $53,560. Not a huge jump, but I’m…
Profile I am twenty-nine years old and this is my last accountability update of my twenties. Yikes! I work as an assistant production manager and my yearly salary is $52,000. Saving & Spending June was a pretty steady month money wise. Due to a death in the family, I was actually home for about a…
Profile I am twenty-nine years old. I work as an assistant production manager and my yearly salary is $52,000. Saving & Spending Ugh. This is a month I don’t really ever want to repeat. Financially, it’s actually been a good one. It was a 5 payday instead of 4 payday month and I wound up…
Profile I am twenty-nine years old. I work as an assistant production manager and my yearly salary is $52,000. I live in NYC, which is occasionally awesome for picking up side hustle work, since there’s just so much stuff here. Saving & Spending Can I just say that when checked out my editorial calendar to…
Confession: I don’t know what it is lately, but I just feel super unmotivated to deal with anything. I’m procrastinating like 800 different things – from scheduling a dentist appointment and sorting out my car insurance for next year to looking for a cheaper internet provider to writing blog posts ahead of time to even…
Profile I am twenty-nine years old. I work as an assistant production manager and my yearly salary is $52,000. I live in NYC, aka the most expensive place on earth, and am still often wondering why on earth I left my last job where room and board were part of my salary. Saving & Spending…