Financial Independence

If your instinctual response to that title was, “Wait, but aren’t those the same thing?”, your training is complete. I’ve successfully brainwashed you into the relentless pursuit of wealth. After all, like Jonathan Haidt says in his book The Happiness Hypothesis, “Those who think money can’t buy happiness just don’t know where to shop.” But […]

Welcome to the world of Tiny Violin Problems, my friend.  If you make too much money to contribute to a Roth IRA per the IRS, you’ve officially entered the realm of TVPs, amongst the opulent ranks of, “There’s no more room for overhead luggage in First Class so I have to gate-check my bag,” and, […]

This blog post is based on a few sections of Chapter 2 of Rich Girl Nation. If you enjoy it, consider picking up a copy! Every time I read something about negotiating a salary, a major takeaway is usually that everything is negotiable—e.g., if Corporate Daddy won’t budge on base pay, you can negotiate more […]

The following breakdown uses 2023 wealth data. Millennials are an interesting generation, because we usually discuss our avocado-toast-eating brethren as an economic monolith. We (mistakenly) assume all millennials are experiencing relatively similar economic hardships.  But there’s one group of millennials—a small, unique subset with specific similarities worth exploring—that are actually doing a lot better than […]