Well, it’s that time of the year again! Since starting this blog, I’ve found it extremely helpful to write out my financial goals. I’m one of those people that will forget my New Year’s resolutions halfway through the year if I’m not constantly reminding myself, so this is my accountability post. Plus, it’s always interesting to see just how much …
I Attended a Hilton Grand Vacations Timeshare Presentation
In early September, I got a phone call during work asking if I wanted to take advantage of a 3-day, 2-night Hilton hotel deal in a location of my choosing. I could have said no on the spot. But maybe because I was one-month into my new six-figure salary job, or that regular trips to Canada for said job had …
This is my New York City Budget
Based on my most popular posts, what brings many readers here to this site are people wanting to get a look at a real budget for someone that lives and works in New York City. While there is a wealth of information on this very topic, it tends to draw out the extremes; people who can live on very very …
My First Week of Unemployment — Leaving a Six-Figure Salary
This is my first full week of unemployment! As revealed in a previous post, two weeks ago, my company decided to massively reduce their staff to maintain a cash runway. I was one of the lucky ones; I got an extra week of employment when the news was announced. Many of my colleagues were less lucky; the day news was …
Two Years of Cash Fasting
This post is out a little late because the actual blogiversary of Cash Fasting came and went without me noticing. When this blog made it to one year, it was celebratory – I had paid off my student debt, had some great traffic wins, and was, overall, excited for another year of blogging. This blog still excites me, but things have …
Where Has The Year Gone? Time Flies When You Have Goals
Since starting this blog, I’ve been as transparent as possible regarding what my financial goals are. I set goals for 2017 as well as 2018. While in 2017, I wrote quarterly updates on how I was pacing toward those goals, that seemed unnecessary this year. So instead, here’s an update at the halfway point. For 2018, I made four big financial …
A Weekend Trip to Acadia National Park
Every so often, I take a weekend to go someplace fun, like Miami or Boston. I enjoy taking international trips, but those are usually one or two-week jaunts. For small weekend trips, it’s useful for me (and hopefully readers) to see what the entire weekend cost me. For Memorial Day Weekend, Ian and I, along with two friends, went camping …
I thought I was LeanFIRE. I’m not.
This blog, for all intents and purposes, is categorized as a general finance blog. However, I’ve never been secretive about my pursuit of FIRE (hello, it’s in my Twitter bio). There’s been a lot of conversation lately around the differences between LeanFIRE, FIRE, and FatFIRE. At first, I didn’t pay much attention to it, though I definitely identify with LeanFIRE, which …