when do I get my adult certificate?
It’s been 9 months since I came to China and went on a low-news diet. It was very involuntary at first, I assure you – I made the wrong choice of VPN providers. But it all worked out because it’s been very good for my mental health and productivity. I have no idea what’s going…
I’m a big fan of two things: celebrating financial milestones and stickers. It is a fact that everyone loves stickers. The 19-year-olds I used to teach react the same way as the 10-year-olds. So today, I’m combining both together to bring you a sticker set that celebrates the various financial milestones you may or may…
It’s final, I’ve signed the contract with the new school and I’m moving on! I alluded to my job change when I talked about how I only spend $350 a month living in China. I didn’t mention the financial cost of that decision so let’s take a look at what made taking a pay cut…
You’ll notice it’s clearly not April, but hey, #lifehappens. Tax returns came and went, I had some surprise costs, and still managed to increase my net worth, woohoo! Given that I have about 5 months worth of pay still coming in I’m right on track to break over $50,000 net worth by the end of…
April has been a heck of a month filled with activity after activity. It brought with it a lot of change and challenges. It was as if life took the saying of “April Showers” a little too seriously and decided to squeeze in a year’s worth of waterworks into 2 weeks. BUT! I persevered and…
April was a heck of a month! I tracked every penny I spent this month to see the cost of living in China – and wow was it surprisingly low, even with some unplanned events. Life decided to really live up to the April Showers theme by a) dumping a Master’s degree application in it,…
April has been a heck of a month, being messy yet exciting in the way that only life can be. It’s made me think of this time last year, when I was in Rome with my sister, eating our body weight in pasta every day. It’s given me a renewed commitment to reaching FI to…
Stop me if you’ve heard this piece of financial advice before: “You should save 10% of your income.” It’s one of those general financial guidelines floating around out there most people (i.e. me) have heard of. I wouldn’t call it the worst piece of financial advice but it’s certainly not a good one. Spending 90%…