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 […]
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Lawyers, Doctors, and the Appeal of the Clear Career Path
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
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
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
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
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 […]
May 2018 Side Hustle Report – $1,511.63
After a few bad months, I’m doing my best to get the May side hustle report out in a timely manner (instead of at the end of the month, as has so often been the case). So, welcome to the May 2018 side hustle report! If you’re new here, let me break down what these […]