Around the end of February, I started getting wind that mortgage interest rates were plummeting to record lows. This was about two weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out here in the United States, but I guess the market was starting to notice that something was happening. At the time, I was pretty oblivious to […]
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April 2020 Side Hustle Report – $1,972.76
Welcome to my April 2020 Side Hustle Report, where I break down all of the side hustle income I was able to generate in April 2020. Things have been pretty busy here in the Financial Panther household. My wife and I had a baby boy at the beginning of March, so we’re still getting used […]
Don’t Go To Grad School Just To Ride Out A Recession
One of the formative moments of my life was when I graduated from college back in 2009. This was right in the heart of the financial crisis, so in terms of timing, I probably couldn’t have graduated at a worse time. Like many of my cohorts in that graduating year, I ended up moving back […]
The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up During Quarantine
One of the books that I think everyone should read is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. It’s a book that’s about much more than it seems – far more, anyway, than just a book about how to tidy and clean your house. Those of us who consume content about financial independence and […]
What It’s Like Delivering Food During A Pandemic
One of the things that I think this pandemic has taught us is just how important it is to have a lot of backup plans. When times are good, many people have this assumption that the good times will never come to an end, and as a result, they don’t prepare for any contingencies, instead, […]
March 2020 Side Hustle Report – $872.05
As regular readers know, for the past four years, I’ve been documenting exactly what I’ve made from side hustling using various sharing economy and gig economy apps. It’s a strange time to be writing about side hustles when you consider what’s happening all around us, but given the current state of the world, I feel […]
What’s New In My Life – We Had A Baby!
Four weeks ago, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world – a healthy baby boy that, on this blog, we’ll call Financial Cub. I know – big news! I’ve been admittedly slow to share this information since obviously a lot has been going on, but now that it’s been a month, […]
Job Shutdowns And Why You Should Have An Emergency Fund
Earlier this week, my wife got an email from the state dental association asking dental offices to shut down until the end of the month for non-emergency dental care. It’s technically not mandated, but like many of us going through the current Coronavirus pandemic, we’re doing our part to limit the spread of this virus […]
Strategies For Dealing With The Next Recession
I’ve always thought that one of the formative periods of my life was the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. It’s an event that I think defined my cohort. We graduated into one of the worst economic periods in history, and if the studies are right, it might have set us back financially for the […]
February 2020 Side Hustle Report – $1,197.64
Hello readers and welcome to another edition of the 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 February 2020. As regular readers know, each month I document exactly what I earned from side hustling using various sharing economy and […]
