Happy April! In case you missed it, I continued the April Fools’ Day tradition around here with a bit of fun-poking around the idea of “mindset” and FI foods. Once the cat was out of the bag about the joke, I turned it into a game with a fun little prize: an Amazon gift card […]
Net Worth Update: March 2017
Happy April! Hope you enjoyed my big, wonderful April Fools’ Day joke on Saturday. Oh, and if you thought you were a smarty pants and didn’t download the ebook because you picked up on the fact that it was an April Fools’ prank? Then you got pranked as much as anyone else! Because there is […]
Net Worth Update: February 2017
February has been a month of reflection for me: between doing the 30-day money cleanse, doing our taxes, and generally reading & writing more about money (again). I also got “back” to work (from home) this month, which of course has been an adjustment. So, did it all help? Is my net worth growing at […]
Net Worth Update: January 2017
After tallying up everything we spent to have a baby on Obamacare last year, I really need a financial pick-me-up. What do the stars, and my hard work, have in store for me with this month’s net worth update? Do they have the numbers boost that I so desperately need right now? Change: +$4,818 or […]
Who’s Right? I Want to Contribute to Retirement Throughout the Year, Husband Wants to Wait Until the Last Minute
My husband and I have a little disagreement going about retirement contributions. It’s not about how much to contribute — I’ve run the numbers on that, and given our ages and how much retirement money we’ve socked away already, the usual rule-of-thumb of 12% of our gross earnings will do just fine to give us […]