Checking In With My Savings Plan: November 2018 Edition
In November I received $4,531.81 in freelance income and $15.77 in book royalties, or $4,547.58 total.
You Need to Read This Essay About a Cryptocurrency Cruise
I’m tossing in an extra must-read longread today because this is SO GOOD.
Why I Bought Myself a Christmas Present
At some point you’ll want to ask yourself what you’d like your Christmas to be, instead-of-or-in-addition-to what it already is.
Question Wednesday
It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to give credit to the Billfolders who submit financial questions.
#YOLOing Through My Layoff
Any concern for the future has been replaced by a persistent desire to blow off all my funds.
Improving Your Finances, Cutting Your Spending, and Maybe Retiring Someday?
It’s the Tuesday news roundup!
Billfold Book Giveaway: Empire of the Fund
We have 10 copies of William A. Birdthistle’s Empire of the Fund to give to Billfold readers!
Everything You Need to Know About Choosing an Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Plan
How to qualify for a subsidy, how to compare plans, and what to do if you need additional options.
Buying Safe Passage at the Rendezvous Café
A hospital is a strange land, but if you respect their customs, perhaps your husband will make it out — of course he will come out alive.
Billfold Book Club: Let’s Read William A. Birdthistle’s ‘Empire of the Fund’
Last month, I asked how many of you would be interested in reading William A. Birdthistle’s Empire of the Fund for our next Billfold Book Club selection.
I Got Student Loan Scammed: How to Not be Like Me
Gather around, Millennials, for a little story!
How a Family of Four Lived Without a Refrigerator for a Month
The refrigerator died two days after I bought groceries.
A Friday Chat About Theater and Chemistry
Featuring PropicalStormAllie in conversation with GeorgesSeurat!
Let’s Throw Some Money at Our Problems: November 2018 Monthly Check-In
Pull up those balances!
Everything I Spent on Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a weird and wonderful world of everything you never knew you could possibly need.
Would You Like to Be Part of Our Doing Money Series?
The Billfold is looking for more Doing Money volunteers!
Do 1 Thing and Include Your Three-Digit Security Code
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to Do 1 Thing.
What Happened When I Instituted Wage Transparency at My Coffeeshop
There isn’t a single job I’ve ever worked where I didn’t wonder what my coworkers were making.
Throwback Thursday: More Than $1K Worth of Clothes I’ll Never Wear Again
Owning my mistakes and ne regretteing rien is kind of my “thing,” but these garments are the exception.