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How To Go Car Free – An Analysis Of My Friend’s Car Situation

Last Updated on April 12, 2023July 25, 2020 22 Comments
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Recently, a friend of mine asked me what he should do about his current car situation and as we got to talking about it, it occurred to me that our discussion might make a good blog post that could examine whether someone seemingly car-dependent could make the dramatic move to going totally car-free. Here’s where […]

Peak Money App Review – A Free Goal-Based Savings App (And The Best Alternative To Qapital)

Last Updated on January 4, 2023July 19, 2020 4 Comments
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Finding a free round-up app took more time, but ultimately, I discovered Peak. I’ve now been using Peak Money for over a year and have been very happy with it.

Reflecting On Six Months Of 2020

Last Updated on August 28, 2021July 12, 2020 7 Comments
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2020 is, I think, a year that we can currently divide into two halves. There’s the world before the pandemic – when we were all (perhaps naively) moving through the world without much care. And then there’s the world after the pandemic, with a world that is largely unrecognizable to the one we knew just […]

June 2020 Side Hustle Report – $3,209.32

Last Updated on August 28, 2021July 6, 2020 18 Comments
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With June recently in the books, it’s time to take a look back at what I was able to make side hustling over the past month. As regular readers know, each month I document exactly what I was able to make from side hustling using gig economy apps. My goal with these posts is to […]

The Ultimate List Of Gig Economy Apps

Last Updated on March 28, 2025July 1, 2020 43 Comments
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A comprehensive list of gig economy apps, with strategies and thoughts on each. This is the ultimate list if you are looking to learn more about the gig economy.

The Importance Of Having Backup Plans – Taking A Look At My Plan B and Plan C

Last Updated on August 28, 2021June 16, 2020 13 Comments
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Last year, after five years of working as a lawyer, I finally pulled the trigger and quit my job to try my hand at self-employment. It’s a decision that had been coming for a while but that was finally put down onto paper after I had a particularly rough day at work back in 2018. […]

May 2020 Side Hustle Report – $1,939.03

Last Updated on August 28, 2021June 11, 2020 12 Comments
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Hello everyone and welcome back to another Financial Panther side hustle report. In today’s post, we’ll be taking a look at what I was able to earn from side hustling in the gig economy in May of 2020. As was the case in March and April, many of my side hustles continue to be dramatically […]

Thoughts On Race, Systems, And The Problem Of Invisible Discrimination

Last Updated on August 28, 2021June 8, 2020
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Sometimes, I wonder if my legal career might have been different if I had some more help along the way. That isn’t to say that no one helped me – there were a lot of lawyers who took an interest in me and helped to guide me. But as a young Asian-American lawyer, I always […]

The $1,000 Per Month Challenge

Last Updated on February 11, 2024June 1, 2020 5 Comments
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With everything that’s been going on in the world, being able to generate income on your own terms is probably more important now than ever. Over the past few years, that’s pretty much been my goal – generate income in whatever manner I can using nothing but my own wits. I do that via this […]

To The Class Of 2020 – Things Are Going To Be Bad, But You Might Come Out Better For It

Last Updated on August 28, 2021May 28, 2020 Leave a Comment
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I recently watched a video on YouTube from CNBC Make It entitled “What It’s Like To Graduate Into A Recession” and it got me thinking about my own experience graduating into a terrible recession. These students from the class of 2020 described the troubles they were facing. Many of them were moving back home with […]

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