Employed Life
Treat Your Weekend as a Vacation
“What are you doing this 3-day weekend? Anything special?” “Oh you know, just need to tidy up around the house, run some errands. Maybe see a movie or something.” “How about going to Nashville on a 3-day weekend? Or a roadtrip? Or take an all-night bus to a new state you haven’t been to before?” “Wish I could, but there’s no time for that and it’s expensive and, besides, I need to clean up the house and everything. Catch up on Netflix, things like that.” Have you ever been in an exchange like this, or know anyone who has? Of course you have, because this happens every time there is…
The Cubicle Dwellers Manifesto
You probably all know that Peter and I work full time. But here we are, managing to blog and type our thoughts, experiences, and travels in this blog. Because of a very frustrating bureaucratic experience I just had, I am writing this open letter to each and everyone of you who may be reading this that are currently employed by a company. Yes, maybe 99% of you reading this may be affected. I’m calling it… The Cubicle Dwellers Manifesto ******************************************************** Dear Cubicle Dwellers, Greetings! First off, let me introduce myself. I too am a cubicle dweller – meaning, working a full time 9-6 job much like more than 80% of…
Reaching Financial Independence with Kids
Congratulations! You just found out you’re expecting a little one in your family. You’re on your path to Financial Independence, and you’re more than happy to add to your brood. Here’s our personal account of our journey to try and reach FI with a child. This is fairly new to us, so we are still updating this post as we go along with various other links to articles that we’re making the journey along the way. Reaching Financial Independence with a Child Chapter One: The Pregnancy Test When you or your partner thinks that they’re pregnant, their initial thought will be to buy a pregnancy test. Frugal hack: We bought…
2019 Life Updates: We Took a Break/Advice for Changing Jobs
It’s the start of 2019 and yet we haven’t even made a single post about our travel plans for the year (and other plans, that is, as I wrote this post). The truth is, we have both been busy with our personal lives and discovering what we really want in life, so we didn’t find much time to document or write anything on the blog. The truth is, we both took a break, and while many people don’t like taking blogging breaks, we’re one of the few who do. 2019 Life Updates: We Both Changed Jobs So, as the title says ‘Advice for Changing Jobs’, Peter and I both changed…
The Dark Side of Starting a Business with a Full Time Job
Start a blog to build an online presence and a business, they said. This can help you get established as a writer, or help lead you to a new career, they said. Starting an online passion project is touted by many to be the ultimate dream: a chance to take your life and your time in your own hands. While people can say that starting an online business and seeing it become successful is a dream come true, especially with mainstream media catching on and with thousands of 'inspiring' articles telling you to do the same, many people just don't see the dark side of starting an online business. Spoiler…
