A few days ago, I broke some big news on this blog. After 3 years of law school and 5 years of working as an attorney, I made a huge move, choosing to opt-out of the clear career path and instead make the move to the wholly unclear path of self-employment and gig work. It’s […]
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April 2019 Side Hustle Report – $3,919.75
Thanks for tuning in to another edition of the Financial Panther side hustle report! I’m coming at you a little late with this past month’s report, but for good reason. As I wrote in my last post, I quit my job a little over a month ago, and as a result, this side hustle report […]
I Quit My Job – Rejecting The Clear Career Path And Going Out On My Own
About a year ago, I had a really bad day at work – so bad, in fact, that before I left work that day, I put an important event into my Google Calendar. I picked a date exactly one year into the future and wrote the following: It was an audacious thing for me to […]
How To Afford Anything You Want
A few days ago, a friend of mine texted me to tell me that the NFL released their schedule for the upcoming season, and as luck would have it, our hometown team, the Washington Redskins, would be in Minnesota to play the Vikings. We’ve always tried our best to attend games when DC teams come […]
Dobot App Review – A Legit Free Alternative To Digit
Table of Contents How Does The Dobot App Work? An Emphasis On Goal Based Saving Is The Dobot App Safe? How I Use The Dobot App Downsides To The Dobot App Update: Unfortunately, Fifth Third Bank – the bank that bought Dobot – announced on May 5, 2021, that they will be shutting down the […]
How To Eat For Free (Or Cheap)
One of the things I noticed when I was working in biglaw was that whenever there was free food available, everyone came running. It didn’t matter if you were a lowly junior associate like I was or a big-time partner – free food was free food and everyone wanted it. It’s a funny thing. We […]
Your Financial Advisor Isn’t Free And Probably Isn’t Warren Buffett Either
When my brother first started making a decent amount of money, I told him that the smartest thing he could do was to save as much of his income as he could, live modestly, and invest his money in low-cost, passively managed index funds. I assured him that if he did all of this, I […]
March 2019 Side Hustle Report – $2,909.21
Welcome back to another Financial Panther side hustle report! For new readers, each month, I document exactly what I earned from side hustling using various sharing economy and gig economy apps. I’ve been tracking all of my side hustle income since 2016, so if you’re interested, be sure to check out my past side hustle […]
How To Roll Over Your Roth IRA From Betterment To Vanguard (And Why I Did It)
This past year, I finally went ahead and rolled over my Roth IRA from Betterment to Vanguard. It’s been a long time coming. Indeed, a year ago, I wrote a post about how I was going to do exactly that – then, of course, I procrastinated and did nothing for the next 12 months. What […]
The Ultimate Guide to Bank Account Bonuses
Bank account bonuses can be a little bit intimidating. In this guide, I walk you through everything you need to know about bank bonuses.
