As we approach the end of the year, I’ve been looking at my income streams and it’s hard to believe that at one point in my life I had $39 in my bank account and that’s all the money I had in the world. I remember having a credit card bill due with a minimum…
Category: Personal Management
Zepbound: My Health Journey – November Year 2
I am late getting this post out because I appear to have flat-lined in weight loss again. This happened around the same time last year as I approached my 1 year anniversary on Zepbound. I am now approaching Year 2 anniversary which will happen on February 1. The dilemma for me is that I don’t…
After Getting Ghosted By Employers….
After getting ghosted and rejected by some employers, this week they all called me asking me if I were available or want to continue the process some even after I got rejected! WTF? Perhaps they were waiting for the shutdown to be over or perhaps anticipation of the Fed cutting rates again in December is…
Employment As A Hedge Against Uncertainty
When I was laid off earlier this year, I announced to most of my friends and family members that I would probably just retire from the corporate grind. I recently told a few family members that I got a job offer and I would be going back to work, at least, for another year and…
If You’re Looking For A Job/Career Try Hiring.Cafe
After sending out 60+ resumes over 5 months, the best online resource and responses on those resumes came from hiring.cafe. I ultimately ended up getting a bonafide job offer from my own people network but I did receive some amazing leads from hiring.cafe and would suggest you give them a try if you’re job hunting….
Financial Moves Prior To Year End
Today is November 1 and I’m working on my plan for 2026 which includes making some moves right now. On the heels of getting a new job offer, I am already planning on dumping most of my pay from November to end of year into a 401k. Because I got laid off end of May,…
I Got A Job Offer!
The good news is I got a job offer. The slightly less good news is that it pays less than my former job but I’m ok with it for a few reasons. First, the team I will be working on seems great. I interviewed with four people and they were all funny, enthusiastic, and very…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – October Year 2
Great news, I’ve lost more pounds and I’m now down below 265. I’m now lost over 40 lbs in about 18 months and am feeling better. The body changes continue, my current face no longer matches my passport photo from a few years ago and I now fail at facial recognition at the airports overseas…
$5000 Left In Unemployment Benefits
I’ve now collected about $10k of unemployment benefits. It’s been great to receive “free” money although it’s not really free, on any given year, I’ve paid at least $100k in federal income taxes over the past couple of decades so it’s good to get some of that money back. Ironically, I’ll need to pay taxes…
Here Is Why Inflation Terrifies Me
The delayed inflation report came out today and, in my opinion, it had bad news for everyone. But what caught my eye were two headlines on CNBC (links below). Inflation at 3 Percent The first article on CNBC has the inflation breakdown but the headline is that inflation for September came in at 3 percent….