Financial Panther

A Confession: I Cut Back On Saving (And I’m Kinda Broke Now)

Last Updated on August 6, 2018August 7, 2018 25 Comments
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For the past few years, my savings numbers, I think, have been pretty good. I graduated from law school back in 2013 with zero dollars in savings and $87,000 in student loans. My net worth, obviously, was well into the negatives. Fast forward five years later and things are looking pretty different. My student loans are […]

Lawyers, Doctors, and the Appeal of the Clear Career Path

Last Updated on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 10 Comments
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I’m sometimes convinced that the reason a lot of people become doctors or lawyers is due to the fact that the path to those jobs is laid out pretty well. There’s sort of a blueprint you can follow – go to college, get good grades, do well on some standardized tests, and so forth, and […]

June 2018 Side Hustle Report – $2,168.18

Last Updated on August 6, 2018July 20, 2018 8 Comments
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It’s been a busy month of work, meetings, and other stuff like that, but I still always have time to get some good side hustling in. Today’s post shares what I made in June 2018. If you’re a new reader, each month, I share exactly what I earned from side hustling using sharing economy and […]

The Privilege Of Biking To Work

Last Updated on July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 14 Comments
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I bike to work five days a week, and every once in a while, I like to reflect on how fortunate I am to be able to do that. It’s a wonderful situation that I find myself in. I live close enough to my office that biking to work isn’t a particularly difficult thing for […]

You Choose What You Can Afford

Last Updated on June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 7 Comments
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Sometime not too long ago, my wife and I had lunch with my brother and a friend of his. It was our first time meeting this friend, so we got into all of the usual pleasantries that come with meeting someone – what do you do, where do you live, and other things like that. […]

What’s In My Wallet: A List Of All Of My Credit Cards

Last Updated on August 14, 2018June 26, 2018 15 Comments
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Over the past year and a half, my wife and I have accumulated hundreds of thousands of points and miles from the strategic opening and use of credit cards. These points and miles have served us well, allowing us to do a ton of traveling over the past year that we otherwise wouldn’t have been […]