• Travel

    The Art of Travel Hacking

    Picture yourself lounging in a sun-soaked cabana as you watch a pelican drifting overhead, nearly floating in midair, before he divebombs straight down into the sparkling blue ocean in front of you. You can’t hear the sound of the splash he makes over the constant rolling waves. Just then, a…

  • Financial Updates

    January 2021 Financial Update

    Remember back on New Year’s Eve when everyone couldn’t wait to kick 2020 to the curb and ring in the new year? There were dreams that turning over the calendar would result in a fresh start: less pandemic, more healing; fewer presidential tweets, more positivity; less market volatility, more stimulus…

  • Financial Updates

    Our 2020 Spending Revealed

    If you followed along through the monthly financial updates thus far, you probably figured out our monthly average budget of $5,000 would lead us to a total of $60,000 in spending for all of 2020. So how did we do compared to that goal? You’re about to find out! CATEGORY…

  • Introduction

    A True Introduction

    Alright, alright.  Enough with the numbers. While I had that backlog of monthly updates to get out of my drafts folder upon finally launching the blog, I realized that I should probably introduce myself (albeit anonymously) before rambling any further.  Provide a little context to the anonymous spreadsheet-worshipping you’ve become…

  • Financial Updates

    December 2020 Financial Update

    Happy New Year! I hope you made it through the holidays happy and healthy and took some time to reflect on the dumpster fire that was 2020.  Here’s hoping the world can figure their shit out in 2021.  Now let’s talk about money! In our inaugural blog post, I briefly…