I've started walking every morning. By 7amET I'm out of bed every morning, making a cup of tea and getting ready to head out for a 30-40 minute suburban hike around my town. Thanks to the spring weather, there's a little breeze in the morning, making it perfect as I start to build up a … Continue reading New Habits to a New Future — Thursday Thoughts
Tag: finances
Takes Money to Make Money — Money Mondays
If you read my blog, you know that I've been tossing around the idea of starting my own business. Being an entrepreneur just seems like the only way to go. Working for someone else is just something that I don't think I can do anymore. But, more that that, I spend every Sunday dreading the … Continue reading Takes Money to Make Money — Money Mondays
Trick Yourself Into Thinking You’re Poor — Money Mondays!
Hello, welcome to Semi-Employed! I’m semi-employed. It’s Monday, so I want to do what I call “Money Mondays!” And, talk about money. Since it is the first episode I’ll start with my relationship with money. Maybe you can relate to it! Growing up, my mom always said we were poor. I’d ask for something, she’d … Continue reading Trick Yourself Into Thinking You’re Poor — Money Mondays!
Learning Stocks
One key to wealth building by most accounts is playing the markets. So, I've been trying! This week is my official test to see if I can really make some money the old fashioned way! So, Door Dash and Air BNB are going LIVE with IPOs this week, and I'm going to invest in both. … Continue reading Learning Stocks
Death By Taxes
So, here's my mid-month wrap up of "New Decade, New Me." Doing things differently is hard and kind of sucks. In my effort to save as much money as I can, and do right by myself financially, I forgot one crucial thing: taxes. Being a semi-employed person means that I'm freelance, which means that I … Continue reading Death By Taxes




