Anyone who knows me that I love lists, goals, and data. Each year, I set new year’s resolutions/goals and I publish them on my website, and review my success at the end of the year. I’m always looking for more interesting ways to document my goals. Since last year’s site death of 43things (on which I was…
Managed to pick up a “lucky day” book from Hollywood Library last night – hadn’t heard of it, but love previous work by the author (Nick Hornby). Sincerely was my lucky day. Tore through 175 pages in one sitting after dinner last night.
Have you set up a Solo 401K for 1099 freelance income before? Can you please help me wrap my head around it? Do I need an EIN and a DBA? Can I buy you a coffee and you help me figure this out? On that note, sadly my 401K is going away at work and I’m…
For the past several years, I’ve been posting my new years resolutions online and then at the end of year, reviewing my success. So here’s 2016’s goals, which are ambitious. Projects Complete my Duolingo Tree for German – I am currently 50% done with my Duolingo tree. Teach 2 personal finance classes – In 2015 I…
I set 15 resolutions for 2015. How did I do? (For each resolution that has a beeminder graph, I’ve linked the the graph with a bee icon). Buy Focal: radical budget documentation – taking a photograph of every single purchase for an entire year. Success! I did that thing. You can view it here. I…
Everyone else is posting their year-in-reviews so I thought I’d start with the most important one. This is a photo of every single whiskey and whiskey-based cocktail I purchased in the year 2015. I purchased these in 5 US States and DC, 7 countries, one ship, and 6 airplanes.
In which I learn climbing stairs is harder on your body than you think, and that the year isn’t over for fundraising yet…
For most of the last decade, I’ve had at least 3, if not 5, jobs simultaneously. From a side gig delivering bagels at 6AM, to building nonprofit databases, to parking bikes under an aerial tram in the freezing cold at before the sun comes up, I don’t feel useful unless I’m always working. Having multiple hustles…
my uber-fancy, very-expensive, immune-suppressing drug
If you had enough of your own money to be secure for life but not extravagant, would you still do your job? If not, what would you do instead?
