Evolving Personal Finance » Entries tagged with "funemployment"
We’re Evolving!: Our Next Transition
When we founded EPF in 2011, a major component of is purpose was to keep us financially honest during our several anticipated life transitions. Well, it took until 2014 for the first one to occur, but now we seem to be on a roll. Transition #1: Kyle defended and became a postdoc in the same lab he did his PhD in. Essentially the only change was a salary bump. Transition #2: I defended and became funemployed. The major change … Read entire article »
Filed under: budgeting, career, funemployment, housing, income
Funemployment Report: August 2014
My funemployment officially started on Monday! I spent all of Monday at home or doing errands, then spent all of Tuesday on campus, and I’m spending today at the public library. I want to figure out quickly which places and times are most conducive to me working efficiently (similar to Erin trying to get in the zone for working). Last week I started this 30 day workout challenge that my sister recommended on top of doing … Read entire article »
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Funemployment Report: Goals for August 2014
My funemployment officially starts in September because I am still employed full-time as a graduate student through August. However, now that I am post-defense, I have the time to set myself up well to transition into funemployment. I’m going to attempt to document my funemployment through a series of goal posts. Just after the start of each month, I will report how I did on my goals for the month that just ended and set out … Read entire article »
Filed under: blogging, career, funemployment, goals, grad school
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