Month: December 2021

Save money at restaurants

This isn’t going to be telling you to order water to save $3, although I already covered that in Drank the Emergency Fund. These tips were ones I came up with in a pitch to a freelance writer friend about a year and a half ago, and I’m not sure they were ever published, so … Continue reading "Save money at restaurants"

Pelagic birds and flying fish

On my Eastern Caribbean cruise vacation last week, I had the benefit of having a balcony cabin. Since the weather was a perfect 27°C/81°F nearly every day of the voyage, I spent a considerable amount of time on my balcony, especially on sea days. From my vantage point on the 10th deck, the water below … Continue reading "Pelagic birds and flying fish"

Gap Year Inspirations

I’m starting this off with an apology to anyone reading, since I have gone completely silent on the blog since May 2021, right before I quit my job to take a gap year. As I detailed in “Getting Real with you,” I was taking this gap year to destress and decompress after a pretty rough … Continue reading "Gap Year Inspirations"