“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” Or something like that. Gratitude is hard to come by these days, but I'm working on looking for the good. Especially as the days get shorter and the weather gets colder and wetter, 2020 feels extra bleak. Here's to hoping things look brighter…
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
Well, I supposed we've made it through another week. I don't often wish time away, because I know time is precious, but I think I'd like to skip forward to next spring at this point. I'm not sure if I have much else to say this week. Again, I almost skipped this post, but I…
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
Looking back to where our finances were in 2017 when we had to use our emergency fund, we've come a long way in getting a closer hold on our monthly expenses and are so much better prepared to adjust as needed. We've been lucky this year to both have our jobs, though our roommate has…
Thirty two weeks into our experience here in Kirkland, Washington, the one time hotspot in the United States when cases of COVID-19 first arrived here in the United States. Thirty two weeks, and I'm certain we're in it for at least another thirty two, which feels long and hard. I'm not sure how long I'll…
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
Another week, another Friday post that starts with “I’m tired.” I’m simply brain tired, exhausted, emotionally spent. I’m not sure exactly why these past few weeks have been particularly hard, but they have been. If you’re feeling it too, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, I’m not sure that feeling is going to change in the next…
For a while now, I've considered doing a different sort of "Women's Personal Finance Wednesdays" post - one that spotlights different women writing and speaking in the personal finance space. As A Purple Life officially retires tomorrow, now seems like the right time to kick off this sub-series (I'll be back to my normal link…
Considering it is now almost October, I suppose it is time for me to finish up my August spending update. Just like the previous month, I really didn’t feel like taking the time to go through everything in this detail, but it’s important. Our finances look so different since I started tracking in 2017. We…