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I Quit: Because It’s Easier Than Growing Up

The “I Quit” Series explores the different reasons women leave their jobs. How dare I quit my job, in a fit of anger, with no safety net and no plan?

I Quit: Because My Husband Said So

The “I Quit” Series explores the different reasons women leave their jobs. My husband has had enough. It is time for me to do what’s best for our family, he says.

Adventures in House Hunting 2021

By my unofficial estimate, I am convinced that EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN has decided to buy a home this year. Seriously, like all of us.

My Double Life

Many adults with elderly parents and young children find themselves caught between two generations and two sets of financial pressure. They are the sandwich generation.

Floating Mother’s Day

I told my husband and son that I have no problem with floating my Mother’s Day this year to accommodate other activities.

Well, Since You Asked

In recent years, I have celebrated Mother’s Day by asking my son, now a teen, how I can be a better mother. This is what he came up with this year:

Taking the Cost and Stress Out of Your Child’s Party

By SaveYourSelf.biz My mother and I have this running debate over parenting. She says I over parent, that things were simpler for my parents when me and my siblings were coming up. I feel like I parent just the right amount, somewhere between helicopter and free range—closer to free range. Children’s parties are an areaContinue reading “Taking the Cost and Stress Out of Your Child’s Party”

Holy Cow!

By SaveYourSelf.biz $2,457.55. This is the amount my household spent on food in ONE month this year. I couldn’t believe it. I was chatting with my husband, probably about food, when my Mint app notified me of my monthly expenses. Leading the pack: Food. That is an embarrassing figure. To put this into perspective, thisContinue reading “Holy Cow!”

Unmoored

By SaveYourSelf.biz I have been working since I was 12 years old. I had a paper route that was handed down from my older brother to me and later to my younger sister. It was the Columbia Flier, it came out once a week on Thursdays. It paid 10 dollars and change a month. IContinue reading “Unmoored”

At Home in Maryland But Homesick for the Road

By SaveYourSelf.biz Cleveland, Ohio. Rochester, Minnesota. These are the last two cities I visited before COVID-19 shut down my travels for more than a year. I visited Cleveland for work. I traveled to Rochester to visit family. That Rochester trip was in February 2020. On March 16, my company transitioned to remote work. For theContinue reading “At Home in Maryland But Homesick for the Road”