Retirement is Weird
{I got through Monday, and you know what? It wasn’t that bad! I actually did end up arriving late. Getting out of the house was not awful, but there was a...
Category: Financial Security
Financial Security vs Professional Satisfaction
Project: Apply-for-a-new-job is inching a long. I’ve been doing some reconnaissance, having lunch or dinner with people who teach, or have taught, high sc...
Budgeting and Consumer Responsibility
One of the biggest reasons that people tout for embracing frugality or minimalism is that those lifestyles provide the money and time to live in accordance with...
What Would You Do?
We’re going to the snow in a couple weekends with my parents. I invited them because I figured my mom could find a free cabin (she teaches at a small scho...
Rethinking The Middle Class, Part 2: The Explanation
There are a lot of articles out there with some variation on the title “Are you considered middle class?” I suppose that is not surprising. The midd...
Rethinking the “The Middle Class,” Part 1: The Definition
It started almost a year and a half ago, when my husband’s health insurance coverage kicked in. With that massive expense covered, we had finally arrived ...
Your Thoughts on the Middle Class
I have been working on a post about “being middle class.” I originally wanted to ask all of you some questions before I put up the post, but then I ...
Our Great Financial Sin
For years I had spending issues that I was so afraid to face, that I never looked closely at our financial situation. While I could definitely improved on the s...
Stating my Intention
I have a few things I’m working on right now, but I don’t want to write about them yet. For some reason, with these particular intentions, I feel mo...
Playing Catch-up
Well, a belated Merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope you had a great day, whether you celebrate or not, and that you have plans to celebrate the New Year in...