It’s been a long time since I’ve done an update of my overall net worth. As a matter of fact, in almost 4 years of blogging I’ve done exactly two of those and the last was pre-pandemic. A reader recently...
Regular readers know my background is in geography and geographic information systems, and I’ve done a lot of mapping posts related to finance. I also have a pretty sweet geoarbitrage resources page with tons of tools in one place to...
As COVID-19 drags on many employers are unfortunately requiring workers to come back into the office. Some who were enjoying full-time telework are now having to deal with their miserable commute again. Savvy financial warriors know that transportation (car ownership...
It would be a bit of an understatement to say the COVID-19 has changed employment across America in 2020. Back in April unemployment peaked at 14.7% with over 23 million people unemployed (not 40 million as the mainstream media continues...
When the crisis of the coronavirus and COVID-19 became real, the U.S. stock market fell 34% from it’s peak on February 19th, 2020 and bottomed out on March 23rd. Many panicked during that time period and sold equities for the...
Americans collectively owe approximately $1.35 trillion in auto loan debt. Trillion, with a “T”. We’ve heard the constant drumbeat of the student loan crisis for a long time now, and rightly so. Total student loan debt in America is even...
“How do you save 33% of your income? I could never do that!” Surely many of you financial warriors and frugal freedom fighters have heard something like that before. Once you’ve been outed as a being frugal or a saver...
COVID-19 has put a lot of people out of work. In many cases states and jurisdictions have forbidden certain businesses from operating, which obviously makes it hard to stay employed if you work at that business. In other cases businesses...
So, how’s your pandemic going? I entered 2020 on a pretty good high. In 2019 I saw my business start to take off, I had my best year bike racing and fitness-wise ever, and I finally felt adjusted to my...
Regular readers know I scaled down to 20 hours a week in 2017 after 23 years at my W2 job. Since then I’ve been going in twice a week, two ten hour days, and it’s been glorious. I’ve used my...
In response to the COVID-19 crisis the Federal Government issued Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to businesses. It was an approximately $660 billion program that eventually approved approximately 700,000 businesses for loans. This past Monday the Small Business Administration released...
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2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 4538 Miles
Running: 266 Miles
Hiking: 33 Miles
Paddling: 71 Miles
Climbing Days: 1
2023 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5400 Miles
Running: 472 Miles
Hiking: 37 Miles
Paddling: 96 Miles
Climbing Days: 6
2022 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5408 Miles
Running: 321 Miles
Hiking: 43 Miles
Paddling: 40 Miles
Climbing Days: 7
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