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2026 Ins and Outs
For the second year in a row, I’ve decided to continue this series on my annual Ins & Outs. On a side note, I recently got this thing called a Brick, a physical device that I have to tap to use my social media. It has given me a lot of time back especially on…
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Sundance & Bay Area Trip recap
I spent the last week of my winter break visiting some homies in my old stomping grounds (aka Northern California) and attending the Sundance Film Festival in Utah (a life long goal). I gave myself a $500 spending budget for the week and I spent $514 so I am very proud of myself for sticking…
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$146,142.85
That, my friends, (based on today’s numbers) is how much I need to make as a starting base salary + bonus in 2026 to live a comfortable life. Of course, my definition of comfortable is very privileged. I don’t want a roommate and I am assuming I’ll continue traveling to new, great places. That is…
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A travel year in review (2024)
I spent $13,000 plus 304,800 miles on travel in 2024. I saved about $3,048 by using miles (which I earned since 2022 from travel hacking) to cover some of the flights I booked throughout the year. My two words to summarize this year for me were change and unseriousness. Hey Siri, play “Night Changes” by…
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Tea at the park
It’s been 4 weeks since I quit my job. Why is time moving so quickly now that I have no job? In the past week, I came from an intensive conference in Washington, DC to prepare for b-school. It was the MLT Professional Development (PD) conference. I had an interview for an internship which was…
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24 Bucket List – Final Update
Happiness accountability check-in! I turn 25 in a few days. I made this list of things I wanted to accomplish before I turned 25 for maximum joy purposes. Updates are bolded, and completed things are crossed off. You can find the original list here. So let’s see what I accomplished in my 24th year. I’ve…
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I quit my job
“There’s 104 days of summer vacation and school comes along just to end it!” Any Phineas and Ferb fans would get that. Well, today marks 104 days till my school starts. In more recent news, I’m officially funemployed. I left my job last Friday after almost 4 years. For my loyal readers, I manifested quitting…
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4 Things I’m doing to prepare for unemployment
I’m a few weeks away from being unemployed. I officially put in my notice at work and I’m expecting 2 more paychecks before my 2 year sabbatical – which is a 3 month break plus 22 month full time graduate program. There are a lot of things that I’ve started stressing about. New anxieties that…
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Let’s not be so serious
Two days ago, I decided to book a flight to Canada for next week on a whim. I miss my friends. This is probably the most spontaneous I’ve ever been. I said fuck the budget. I don’t think I have enough vacation and the flight was expensive but I really said fuck it, let’s go.…
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Your Money or Your Life
I recently listened to Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin on Spotify. Side note, Spotify premium has free audiobooks now. I had been waiting for it to show up in my local library but it was not available. I love anything Free.99 so my Spotify premium subscription is working overtime. This makes me…
Gen Z Guide to FI 