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…
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…
**This is a sponsored post.** I am an early holiday shopper. I bought my first Christmas gift of the season in July and as I type this, I’m about half done with my 2023 Christmas shopping. So it doesn’t seem super crazy to me to think about holiday shopping in October. I like spreading the…
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…
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…
I thought today I’d share a brief update on credit card hacking some of my tuition has been going. So to clue you all in about how I pay my tuition, I’m a self-funded PhD student, which is a joy, and if I knew in 2021 what I know now about higher education, I would’ve…
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…
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…
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…
**This post is rated R.** Do you like table top RPGs? Do you know what table top RPGs are? If the first thing that came to mind is Dungeons & Dragons well… yes. They are kind of the table top RPG (TTRPG to the playah’s out there) but they are actually just one of many.…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
Pexels – CC0 License One of the most important life lessons you could learn is that while age ranges can sometimes serve as a guide, they’re not set in stone, and you’re no less of a person for charting a different path. For example, you might only learn to drive in your 50s, which is…
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…
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…
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…
Image Credit College is a rather interesting time for several young people. It is a time to gain some perspective as you navigate life, developing and growing. It’s a time to develop new friendships and explore more of what life offers. More importantly, your college years put you on the path of financial independence as…
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…
Whether you’re going back to work after having kids or entering a new industry, job interviews can be incredibly nerve-wracking. After all, there’s a lot riding on you making an excellent first impression, and the competition is often tough. In fact, a recent study found that “on average, 118 people apply for a single job.”…
Image Credit: Pexels from Pixabay. Are you a responsible car owner? By that, do you do more than just follow the rules of the road? Taking the time to stay safe and properly look after your car is all part of this, but many people overlook quite a few parts of this. In many cases,…
This post feels a little insane to write. As someone who doesn’t stay in one place very long and bops between all sorts of gigs and contracts and jobs for work, the idea that I’ve stuck it out with this blog for this long is a little crazy. I began this blog in July of…
If you’ve been following for a while, you know I’ve been a stage manager for most of my working life and that I am currently working on a PhD in drama. While I’ve talked a bit about how my PhD program works, things I did to get accepted, and plenty of moaning about the financial…