Financial independence
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2017 Goals and Dreams: A Guide for the Year
Every new year gives us a way to become better people, and 2017 is no different. Here are our personal goals (well, mostly Ruby's) for the year ahead. Note that this does not include professional goals (that part is private).
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Money Moves to Make in 2021
New year, new resolutions, new goals, right? Aside from planning travels and other goals that we want to achieve for the new year, my husband and I talk about money moves that we’re planning for 2021. In this post, we talk about money moves we are planning to make in the new year, which you can hopefully use to help guide your money goals this year. This is part of our financial independence plan, and we are also utilizing this checklist this year. As a background, my husband and I have full-time jobs with benefits, and we are running this blog on the side. Some of our tips below may…
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Murphy’s Law and the Pandemic
Murphy’s Law – famous for “whatever could go wrong will go wrong”. And when things go wrong, it usually happens one after the other, when you think: “When will I ever get a break?” Case and point: the pandemic. Sure, people are adopting, coping, and trying their best to stay sane to the ‘new normal’. We humans are creatures of habit, and when our habits change, our behaviors and brains scramble to make sense of what’s happening and try to make sense out of everything that’s happening. Here’s our experience of the things that happened during the pandemic, and how we’re trying to cope with it: financially, psychologically, and mentally.…
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Pigly: A Financial Calculator Review
During this pandemic, we have been forced to look more closely at our finances. Seeing that we’re not traveling as much, we realized that we are saving much more. We’re not paying as much for gas to get to work, spontaneous travels, nor on weekly restaurant treats. In fact, we are actually optimizing our finances more. Given these new financial data from the pandemic, we decided to look for an online financial calculator and stumbled upon this website called Pigly. After all, one has to constantly review their finances if one wants to achieve financial independence. A Review of Pigly’s Financial Calculators Being the lover of all things cute and…
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7 Best Personal Finance Books To Read
Want to use this time to learn more about managing your finances? Here's a few books that I would recommend you start with to learn more about personal finance.
