One of the great things about running a personal-finance website that publishes stories at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. Eastern is how it effectively limits my choices until about 1 p.m. Central. No, I can’t do...
To continue this week’s discussion of building THE LIFE we want, making time for THE WORK we want to do, and avoiding burnout, I wanted to take you through the steps of how I made the time to write this daily post. (And...
I remember exactly where I was (in my dorm room, in college) when I realized that sending a birthday card was not a single-step task. First, you needed a birthday card. A blank card could do in a pinch, or a thank-you card...
I’m going to start today’s post where I ended yesterday’s: with the idea that THE WORK and THE LIFE are two separate things. Quick definitions, to catch everybody up: THE WORK: literally...
So I want to spend the rest of this week discussing two things: THE WORK and THE LIFE. These are both topics that will take more than two days to discuss, of course, so I will undoubtedly come back to them in the future...
So it’s twenty-ought-nineteen, in the sense that a lot of us are feeling like we ought to be in a different place right now (we said “happy new year,” and now we have to make it happen), and I’ve...
In which I list the pros and cons of becoming an LLC, and offer my advice. Remember: I am neither a lawyer nor a CPA, so you might want to consult both of them as well! I should clarify what I mean by “the IRS counts all...
The Biographies of Ordinary People is a Millennial-era Little Women that follows three sisters from 1989 to 2016. This chapter takes place in December 1989, when oldest sister Meredith Gruber is eight years old. It is also one...
This post was originally sent to my TinyLetter subscribers. Three quick news updates for y’all! ONE TWO THREE! 1. I’m teaching another round of my online course How to Get Started as a Freelancer, through Hugo...