Writing that no one else needs to see
I’ve taken to writing in my journal again. Or in some random google doc. Sometimes I write in those places–instead of here–because I’m w...
Author: noemikjames
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...
Languid
The days lately have had a certain languid quality to them. It may come from listening to Station Eleven (and I can’t determine if that is because of the ...
Easier
My daughter’s school district is off today for Lunar New Year (the fuck?!). It wasn’t even on my radar and thank god my daughter didn’t turn i...
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...
Perspective
I’ve been struggling to force my thoughts into neat little lines, and the final middle class post remains unwritten. I think it’s okay though. I thi...
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 ...
Achievement Unlocked
I’ve written before (though maybe only on my other blog), that one thing I’ve struggled with during this stage in my life is a perceived lack of acc...