Last month, my colleague asked me to help her daughter pick a laptop for college. Budget was tight—around $650 max. I spent three hours at … Read More ›
Last summer, I pulled into a gas station somewhere in rural Virginia, exhausted from eight hours behind the wheel. An older gentleman pumping gas at … Read More ›
Last spring, I spent three weeks trying to book a simple camping trip to Glacier National Park. What should have been straightforward turned into a … Read More ›
I bought my first crockpot three years ago because my sister wouldn’t stop talking about hers. It sat in the cabinet for six months. I … Read More ›
Just a month ago, my electricity bill hit $347. For a two-bedroom house in Phoenix. I stared at that number for a solid minute before … Read More ›
Between buying overpriced textbooks and surviving on discount pizza, thinking about credit scores feels about as exciting as watching paint dry. But here is the … Read More ›
Last week, I opened Jefit to log my squat session and got hit with a login error. Again. Three attempts, same “authentication failed” message. My … Read More ›
My daughter we will call Emma was four when she first asked me why her friend Sofia could speak “two different words for the same … Read More ›
Last Tuesday, I found myself staring at my ceiling fan at 3:47 AM, counting the rotations and wondering how I’d gotten here again. My mind … Read More ›
I hit that familiar 2 PM wall again last Tuesday. You know the one—where your eyelids feel like they weigh ten pounds and you start … Read More ›
About two and half years today, I was that person who lived on takeout and considered antacids a food group. My stomach felt like it … Read More ›
Three years ago, I watched my friend Sarah come back from her first travel assignment in California completely broke. She had earned what should have … Read More ›
When my senior sister sold his California house last spring and moved to Nevada, I thought he was crazy. Six months later, after seeing his … Read More ›
Money talks can get messy fast when you’re sharing a life with someone. I learned this the hard way three years ago when my partner … Read More ›
I still remember my first real estate side gig back in 2019. I was working a boring office job, watching my coworkers complain about money … Read More ›