There’s a concept that I’ve been thinking about over the past couple of years, especially as I’ve made this transition from a full-time, professional, real job, to a quasi-fake job as a blogger and gig economy worker. It has to do with a concept you could call the relative value of money. When I think […]
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A Better Emergency Fund Strategy
One of the common questions I see in the financial independence community is this: What is the best way to handle your emergency fund? It seems like this question has come up even more with the recent launch of high-yield savings accounts from fintech companies like Betterment and Wealthfront, not to mention all of the […]
Restaurant Secret Shopper Jobs – A Strategy To Eat For Free And Hack Your Food Expenses
The secret shops I like to do are restaurant secret shops, which typically involve going to a restaurant, ordering a certain amount of food, and then filling out a survey afterward where I evaluate my experience at the restaurant.
Chime Bank + Catch App: The Combination I Use To Manage My Side Hustle Income
One of the mistakes a lot of people make when they first start side hustling is mixing their side hustle income and their day job income into their main checking account. Aside from the obvious administrative hassles that come with doing this, the biggest problem really has to do with the fact that your main […]
The Reverse Latte Factor – How You Can Side Hustle Your Way To Financial Independence
One of the things I enjoy about the current state of the side hustling world is just how easy it is to fit various side hustles into your day-to-day life. We live in a really unique time in history where it’s actually possible to piecemeal a few bucks here and there whenever you want. When […]
My Strategy For Longer-Term Savings Goals
A little while ago, I wrote a post that I called, “How To Afford Anything You Want.” As the name suggests, the thesis of that post was that anyone can afford to buy whatever it is they want – it just requires creating a few systems and taking a little bit of time to plan […]
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 –Â 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 […]
