You’ve probably heard it before, the three things that most people spend money on each month are home expenses, transportation, and dining out. In this three part series – I’ll talk about my struggle with spending too much money on food, the challenges, and adjustments I’m making along the way. Current Factors Without looking at
Hi All. So I’m riding this momentum from attending FinconX. In reviewing and reflecting on my past blog posts, I didn’t write much in 2020. That’s surprising. There were many anxiety inducing events surrounding the global pandemic and, more recently, the US Presidential election. Oh, and we can’t forget about the murder hornets. The pandemic has turned
I didn’t even post a blog last month. Everyone in the world knows by now, that March 2020 was a whirlwind of a month for some countries, including the US. By the second week of March I was already thinking about a work from home schedule for my team due to the increasing cases of
As I take a look back over the past month, there’s a lot to reflect on. Older generations crossing that rainbow bridge. An acquaintance, close in age, succumbing to his battle with cancer. The frequent reminder that life is too short. Spend time with those close to you and/or who mean something to you. There
If you haven’t guessed by now I’m an IT professional in Silicon Valley. Hence, the name of the site. “Being in tech” can usually equate to some sort of new technology, a consumer or enterprise product, or some sort of service. Obviously not everything “tech” falls into those categories but for the sake of this
Since we’re nearing towards the end of 2019. It’s time for some reflection and planning. What I usually use to help remember is my planner. I’ve personally used the passion planner for the last 3 or 4 years. I even tried the full size one once, but shortly switched back to the small typical planner
I know I was M.I.A but hey I’ve been busy living outside the spreadsheet and it gets busy. Heck, I even wrote this blog post last week but have been traveling both for work and for pleasure. I completely forgot to post it. Anyway, busy, outside the spreadsheet and maybe even a little of the
So I’ve just wrapped up a mini experiment week from working remotely in Hawaii. Let me be clear, it wasn’t a vacation, or a typical weekend getaway. The experiment was to work and live remotely. The goal was to go through my regular routine during my regular hours. Although I was in a different timezone,
Random picture from Hawaii. It’s not my place. How long have you been tracking your finances? Before sites like mint, personal capital, and ynab came out, I actually made my own private web application to track my finances. That was 10 years ago. Don’t get it twisted, it didn’t nearly have as many bells and
The next 3 months. Here’s what’s on my agenda for the next three months. You’re probably wondering why I’m writing about this and I’ll tell you. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. -Benjamin Franklin Hawaii In a little over a week is my daughter’s 21st birthday. We’ll be celebrating