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Three years ago, I sat at my kitchen table in Chicago and realized I had effectively set $3,400 on fire. It wasn’t a bad investment or a gambling habit. It was just pure, unadulterated tax illiteracy. I had miscalculated my estimated payments for a side gig and completely ignored the way self-employment tax actually scales. …
I did the math last January. My grocery receipts from the previous year added up to $7,800. That’s $650 a month for one person. Embarrassing. Most of that was meat — grass-fed beef at $12/lb, organic chicken thighs at $8/lb, salmon fillets at $15/lb. I was spending more on animal protein than on my rent. …
Most of us pay too damn much for insurance. Let me clarify… I’m not talking about how we shop for insurance, policy discounts we might be missing out on, or which providers we buy from (although all of those certainly can have an impact on insurance premiums). Rather, I’m talking about the level of insurance …
In belated honor of Earth Day and as a show of appreciation for our one and only planet, I wanted to do a little something special. Reducing my negative impact on this planet and saving money are both things that I care very deeply about. So, I thought it would be worthwhile to create a …
When you distill it to its most basic level, personal finance is simply: 1.What’s coming in (your income) minus 2.What’s going out (your expenses) With that in mind, it stands to reason that if you want to improve your personal finances, cutting your expenses needs to be one of the major areas that you focus …
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