From broke biologist to successful scientist
There’s no two ways about it: government shutdowns suck, and suck especially hard if you’re a government employee. In this video, I’ll give you five tips on how to minimize the impact of a government shutdown on your wallet: Notify your creditors/people you owe money to. Explain the situation, and see if they’ll waive or…
Well, shucky darn, now you’ve done it. You’ve really messed up this time. You knew that managing your finances well was important, and yet you still threw your hands up in the air like a tight-butted rodeo cowboy and yelled YOLO. When the dust settled, your bank account was sadder than a kid who’d gotten…
We made it! We’re finally installed in Washington. Unfortunately our apartment still needed a ton of remodelling from the last tenants. This put my schedule behind for a while (and then I had to play catch-up with client work), but now holy Batman I’m back! Another thing I hadn’t planned on was the amount of…
Inside: Spreading ideas about frugality is great. What’s not as great is when people get guilt-tripped into keeping up with the frugal Joneses if their money would be…well…better spent. I’m an inherently competitive person. Unless it comes to sports, in which case I will tune you out and go to my happy place with…
Inside: I’m all about cool camping gear. If you love camping, you need to check out these budget camping items that anyone’ll love. The past four years have seen a gross negligence on my part. You see, I’m all about the outdoors. In fact, when I got my very first real-job check at age…
“Moving is fun.” Said NO ONE EVER. This month, we’re gearing up for our cross-country move in June. There’s only one problem: we don’t know when we’re moving yet. Our new apartment is a small mom-and-pop kinda thing, and since the old tenants are moving out today, they don’t know how much work’ll be needed….
Inside: I won’t deny it: freelancing and being self employed is pretty awesome. But it’s not all roses, cupcakes, and Superman ice cream. Here are some of the disadvantages of being self employed as a freelancer. Last week my parents were in town. Because I’m the most (dis)organized person ever, I’d taken on more…
Inside: This month was rough in some areas, and fantastic in other areas. PLUS, check out our shiny new spreadsheets and charts! Hello and welcome to the third installment of our monthly Financial Progress reports! I’m still learning a good method to do these. This month I messed up a little bit and didn’t…
Inside: Summer can be an expensive time. It’s easy to be tempted to go on a spending spree after the doldrums of winter. Here are 15 things to do this summer that will help you stick to your budget while still having a ton of fun! Me and Zach are getting ready to move…
Inside: There’s a lot of confusion around travel hacking—and for good reason, it is a confusing thing to do. But that does NOT mean it’s not worth the hassle! Here are some of the most common travel hacking myths. Be honest with me. When I told you last week about the basic nuts and…
