I have been very open about my interest in personal finance and financial independence at work mainly due to the fact that I publish posts on the blog. There are still many subjects that seem rather taboo but the overall atmosphere around personal finance is rather open compared to other places of work. I have … Continue reading Conversations With Coworkers →

I recently found myself listening to the Total Life Freedom Podcast hosted by Vincent Pugliese through a strange series of events that happened this past weekend. It all started on Friday night when I received a Facebook friend request from Vincent Pugliese. He has been on podcast episodes that I have listened to in the past … Continue reading Choose What Your Future Is and Not What Your Past Was →

The personal finance space is full with people giving advice on how to budget your money. It’s a topic that can be extremely important, but can also be a huge turn off to a ton of people. I, myself, have a very hard time sticking to a budget. And I can give all the excuses … Continue reading The Anti-Budget: When Traditional Budgeting Just Doesn’t Work →

It’s that time of year again where everyone gears up and announces their goals. I decided this year I was going to be more vocal and public with my 2020 financial goals to keep myself accountable. With the beginning of the new decade, I have seen a quote that has been thrown around quite often saying … Continue reading Goals Beyond 2020 →

With each new year, many people create goals from themselves to achieve throughout the year. And traditionally most of them are related to health: going to the gym more, eating healthier, running a 10K or half marathon, cooking at home more or eating out less. However, as the year progresses, many of those goals fall … Continue reading 2020 Financial Goals →

This past weekend I went to my first ever CampFI and because of that weekend, I will be making it an annual event. But before I get too much into that let me back up a few months and catch everyone up. Back in September, I attended FinCon as my first introduction into the personal … Continue reading CampFI: Learning to Share Your Story →

At the beginning of this year, I was in a relationship and we were deciding where we wanted to go on vacation. My ex-girlfriend’s family was going to San Francisco the first week in July and asked if I wanted to go along. Being an avid lover of travel and getting to go on vacation … Continue reading The Road was Paved to FinCon 2019 →

This past week was one of the most typical weeks I have had in quite some time. Not much out of the ordinary happened this week. The mundane week really allowed me to reflect on my spending and after analyzing at my credit card purchases this week I have realized two things about this journey.  … Continue reading Weekly Spending Update 8/18-8/24 →

Moving into a new apartment can get very expensive very quickly especially if you are living alone for the first time. This is where I found myself a little over a year ago. I have officially been moved out of my parents’ house for the past 4 years but previously I was living in a rundown … Continue reading Finding Gold from Warehouse Auctions →

Another week down, another week of not cooking any home cooked meals. But thankfully, that didn’t mean a whole lot of spending on eating out, which normally it would have. I utilized leftovers from my brother-in-law’s graduation party for dinner and for lunches this week I got most of them provided from work. I am … Continue reading Weekly Spending Update 8/11-8/17 →