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Solving Our Two-Body Problem in 30 Seconds

December 13th, 2013 | 16 Comments

Solving Our Two-Body Problem in 30 Seconds

We’ve had two small developments in the graduating/finding jobs front of our lives since my last update that are having a major impact on our two-body problem!   New Information   1.  In a meeting this week with my advisor, he stated that it is his goal for me to graduate this summer and I told him “I’m on board with that.”  Of course, this doesn’t mean that I will graduate next summer because it’s up to me/my work as … Read entire article »

Filed under: career

When Plans Change

November 15th, 2013 | 28 Comments

When Plans Change

I have a personal update for you today!  It’s about how our protracted time to graduation has affected our plans, careers, and finances.  I though we had some timelines and plans down, and then they were shot to heck, and now the picture is re-coming into focus.   Grad School   I’ve mentioned in my weekly wrap-ups here that for the past several weeks Kyle has been working around the clock on writing his dissertation.  We were hoping that … Read entire article »

Filed under: career, cars, goals, marriage, personal, savings, spending, transitions

Future Directions for EPF

September 10th, 2012 | 15 Comments

Future Directions for EPF

The primary niche within the personal finance blogosphere in which I see EPF living is one for graduate students.  I only have about two years left as a PhD student and while I hope that the blog will outlive my pursuit of the degree, its niche can evolve (hence the name) at that time.  During these last two years I’d like to target a higher percentage of our content toward how personal finance topics and … Read entire article »

Filed under: blogging, grad school