From broke biologist to successful scientist
Student loans are student loans, right? I used to think so too…until I had to start paying my private student loans back, and realized my friends (with federal student loans) had it way easier than me! The truth is that they are very different, and those differences have a big impact on your ability to…
In my FIRST video debt report for 2019, I’ll be covering how 2018 went and where we’re at with our debt at the end of December 2018. We paid off three debts in 2018: Personal loan to pay for our broken-ass house from three years ago Personal loan to pay for Zach to attend…
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…
“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: 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: Our finances will be taking a BIG hit soon thanks to a certain expensive husband. But, at least he’s still worth it (as long as he keeps bringing me beer!). Here’s how we’re planning to handle these big expenses. Hello and welcome back to our second-ever financial progress report! This month we had…
Inside: Moving is expensive. Moving across the country can be astronomically expensive—unless you find the cheapest way to move across the country. We’re planning our third cross-country move, and this time we’re doing it debt-free. I’ll show you how we’re saving up for it, and how we’re going to do it cheaply. Me and Zach…
Inside: It’s a battle as old as calculators and Dave Ramsey: which debt payoff method is best? The debt avalanche or the debt snowball? Find out what they are, how they work, and which one I’m using. There’s a war that’s been raging since the dawn of calculators and Dave Ramsey. On one side we…
Inside: Check out our very first financial progress report. We finally spill the beans on our net worth, our savings, and our debt! Welcome, my friends, to Notorious D.E.B.T.’s first monthly report. We’re gonna give you a sneak peak behind three things that no one except weirdo personal finance bloggers talk about: our debt,…
Inside: Getting out of debt with no money isn’t easy. But, there are steps you can take to be successful. Many people have done it, and you can too. Here’s how. Raise your hand if you too have been the lucky recipient of the red envelopes of shame in the mail. They’re not fun, right?…
