Well, I don’t actually have a “career” to speak of, but I’m preparing for a change of employment. I’ve learned that I’m not cut out for being an AA in this context (read: I can’t take this anymore) .
There’s a huge part of me that wants to quit right now. But the rest reminds me [...]

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Today I took some good steps towards my goals.
First, I handed over the turkey costume to my coworker who commissioned it. I now consider that $50 to be mine, fair and square (especially since she liked it!).
I actually went coat-shopping with it, to see if I could find a ready-made coat at some thrift places [...]

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I read some good blog posts recently which got me thinking about what I plan to do with my life, especially if/when Mr. Micah and I have kids. I suppose it was also started off by the “If I were debt free” meme.
Mr. Micah has pretty much figured out what he wants to do with [...]

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Not yet up to a full post. But that’s ok because:
Plonkee tagged me with the “if I were debt free” meme.
If I were debt free, not much would change until Mr. Micah got a job. Except that we’d be diverting our debt-repayment money into savings. Which would be quite nice.
Next year, though, once Mr. Micah [...]

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I know we often associate frugality with money. But it really means not being wasteful or not using more than we need. This is particularly important at work, since a lot of office communication is done by e-mail. I think there are two reasons to write e-mails frugally.
First, so you’re not wasting the other person’s [...]

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