“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t” -Jerry Rice This is my journey with personal finance and a personal perspective of two areas. The place where I grew up in and my destination. Personal goals, my whys, my mini experiments. Hope you enjoy!
Post High School to Happy place After High School one of my best friends got a scholarship to go play baseball for one of the colleges on Oahu. After his first year of school there, he was back home for summer break. He said he loved it out there and was never moving back home.
So, Hawaii. It’s one of my reasons. A why. It’s always been a dream of mine to live there someday and if you’ve been there you might’ve thought the same thing. Your initial reaction might be… “Wow, Hawaii. That’s cool but isn’t it expensive?” or “Why, Hawaii?” I’ll tell you why. The first time
Holiday Trip As I’m writing out this blog post on the way home, my trip at my second home in Hawaii has come to an end. I took an extra day off and flew out on Wednesday. Which, this year, was the day before the 4th of July holiday. Always looking to optimize my spending
“Touchdown London! *fans cheer*” That’s something that we we’ll probably never hear. Well, unless England decides to get a football (American football) team. It’s was the first time I had been on this side of the Atlantic before. It’s true “People Regret the Things They Didn’t Do More Than the Things They Did.” I hesitated
Numbers. They’re everywhere. They’re relative…or not. Well, this is my blog so they’re definitely relative. In 2 weeks. Millennial Revolution’s new book “Quit like a Millionaire” comes out. Yes, I count down to when books and other media are released. I’m such a nerd. Starting a new workout plan today which will go for 5
Hi. Will be updating the site with a few things over the next week or so along with a new logo. Stay tuned.
Random: I was in HI recently and noticed, the same sale on oatmeal (@Safeway) that we have here which was a 2 for 1 was $1 cheaper than the exact same sale in HI. Add that as an eye opener in the cost of living expenses category.
I’ve been saving a bunch of articles related to people leaving the SF Bay Area. So I may post or talk about them here. I’m not affiliated with any of the sources in anyway. On that note, here’s one: https://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/Why-people-move-It-s-not-just-housing-costs-13025197.php I highlight this one, because it points out that sfgate.com has a whole series dedicate to
Hello, and welcome to my site. Here, I plan to post some of my experiences of how I saved money personally. I’ll share experiences in the workplace (kind of like the office lol), and miscellaneous things I’ve come across in my journey in Escaping the Silicon Valley. I’ll post links to articles related to people