Finding joy on the journey to financial independence
I know, I know. This is “supposed” to be a personal finance blog. But hear me out! I know there are TONS of thoughts out there about meditation. I don’t think I’ve ever met two people who feel the same way about meditation. Even I, as a neuroscientist who has read the research on meditation’s … Continue reading “Have You Ever Tried Meditating?”
My 1-year anniversary at a job I am actually really enjoying was this week! In honor of this milestone, and based on something I heard on a recent podcast, today I want to talk about the potential power behind flipping the script at work. If you’re still working a W2 job like me, do you … Continue reading “Flipping The Script At Work”
I don’t know about you, but I find the news especially hard to take these days. I have pretty good boundaries when it comes to my intake of news, but regardless, things have felt really rough lately. Upon reflection, I think that the principles of Slow FI and my journey to financial independence are the … Continue reading “How Slow FI Helps Get Me Through Tough Times”
Large purchases have always been tough for me, especially on things I want but don’t really need. I have made leaps and bounds when it comes to spending in all different categories, but I’m here today to tackle the topic of spending on bucket list items.
The 4th of July weekend is about to be upon us, and so what better topic for the blog today then to discuss what sparks you in work and in life! If you’ve read my story, you know that not so long ago, I was on the hamster wheel of work and life, with no … Continue reading “What Sparks You In Work And Life?”
Yes, you read that right! No, we still do not have our bus and yes, a few weeks ago we bought a boat! What gives? Well, our motto around here is finding joy on the path to financial independence. More specifically, we are of the thinking that you don’t need to reach financial independence before … Continue reading “Bus Update: We Got A Boat!”
For the past few weeks on the blog, I’ve been writing a lot about goals. First, I shared my yearly goal-setting process. Last week, I wrote about how goal setting helps me make decisions. This week, I want to tell you a little tale about how, when I recently decided to clean out and organize … Continue reading “The Magic Of An Organized Email Inbox”
I read a great post recently on intentional spending on The Fioneers blog (if you haven’t already, check them out, they are fabulous). In the post, Jess described intentional spending as making intentional decisions to spend money on things they value. In 2021, they spent more than double what they spent in 2020, and they … Continue reading “Intentional Spending – What It Means To Me”
It was June 2018. I had just started a new job, in a brand new career, after my world had turned upside down. After the job that I had thought would be my dream job, that I had been on the hamster wheel working toward my whole life, turned out not to be the dream … Continue reading “How I Found My Accountability Partner”
If you’ve been reading the blog so far, you know that when I first discovered the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement around 7 years ago, the whole “retire early” part didn’t really resonate with me. At the time, I was just starting a postdoctoral fellowship and had dreams of being a big-time professor. I … Continue reading “My Current Financial Independence Goal”
