There's few things quite as exciting as seeing an automatic payroll deposit in your account that's higher than you expected. I haven't been on a traditional payroll for a few years so had forgotten how awesome it is to get a ~ 7% raise mid-year. If you're wondering when you'll reach the the max annual employee ...
Category Archives: work
Why I work, save, blog and don’t pay off the mortgage
Sometimes I feel a little jealous of the "pay off the mortgage" people - First Gen American, the Grumpies, Canadian Dream, Move to Portugal... I used to be one of those people. Instead I have an emergency account on steroids because back when I was pregnant with my ...
The curse of high expectations
My friend Mel has a very full life. She runs a great homeschooling blog, has written a novel, homeschools SIX! kids, has a great marriage, a great body and loads of friends that she spends a lot of time with. Every day we use the site idonethis.com to write to each other ...
How to get freelance or contract work
In the last few years I've had half a dozen different contract jobs ranging from corporate tax work (ugh) to budgeting (twice!) to winding down companies (love it) to bankruptcy work (fascinating but sad) to financial statement work (high pressure). Most people don't want to do contract work because it involves a fair amount of uncertainty ...
Financial security and choices
Six or seven months ago I had lunch with one of my good friends. At lunch, she told me that she had a potential job for me at the company where she works. In September when I got back from holiday, she emailed to confirm that I wasn't working yet – and again in October, ...
Above and Beyond – who says they don’t like Mondays?
I LOVE Mondays!!! On Monday, I heard word that I won the Best of Money Carnival #51 hosted by Mrs. Micah over at Finance Freelance Life for my story of how retirement hasn’t turned out quite as I expected in the post Is retirement like a beer commercial with white ...
Do I REALLY need to work?
My son and I were out walking the dog today, talking about the summer job he hopes to get once the university semester is over and how much he should be saving up for the fall. He's a bit of a loner - but not alone, and was excited at the thought of ...