Bank Account Churning
A lot of people have heard about credit card churning, where you cycle through a bunch of different credit cards’ sign-up bonuses and...
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FIREd Lawyer
Journey to Financial Independence
- Jan 22, 2023
- 3 min
2022: A Year In Review
So it’s been a while. In my last post, I explained that I had several traumatic events within a short time period that caused me to...
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- Mar 10, 2022
- 3 min
Why Spending $250 Per Therapy Session Is Consistent With My FIRE Goals
I am not okay right now. I had several traumatic events occur in the last three weeks -- all unrelated and all completely unexpected. So...
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- Feb 28, 2022
- 6 min
February Finances in Review
I've said it before and I'll say it again . . . I love YNAB because because it makes it really easy to visualize and track my progress....
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- Feb 27, 2022
- 5 min
Why I Love YNAB and Zero-Based Budgeting
Although I got a full-ride to law school, I still racked up some debt while I was there and right after. When I was studying for the bar...
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- Feb 25, 2022
- 1 min
Surpassed My First FIRE Milestone!
Excited to say I hit a net worth of $50,000 today. Of course I'm still tremendously far from my FIRE numbers (even my Coast FIRE number...
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- Feb 23, 2022
- 3 min
Why FIRE?
When I first learned about the FIRE movement, I thought it was stupid. Either you had a trust fund or you scrimped and saved so much that...
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- Feb 22, 2022
- 2 min
My Real Hourly Wage
Vicki Robin, crunchy godmother of FIRE, writes in Your Money or Your Life that money is simply something we trade our life energy for....
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- Feb 6, 2022
- 1 min
Beginning Financial Stats
The most awkward and most important part. Where do I stand financially? To protect my privacy, I'll make some minor changes to...
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