February already! It has been an awesome month for reaching goals and resolutions and I have spent most of it dreaming and scheming about Mexico. It is such a relief to finally have a trip on the horizon and keeping that dream in mind has been so helpful for my mental health and inspiration to…
Happy New Year, everyone!! I know 2020 was terrible on a global scale, but it was more of a mixed bag for me. I have a new decent-paying job that I love, I have the goal of moving to New Zealand for a year in the summer of 2023, and I’ve been killing it with…
Happy December! Today was the first cold day in Florida and it feels phenomenal! The two goals I set for myself by the end of the year were to pay off 2 of my 4 credit cards (without increasing the balance on the remaining 2 of course) and to get my savings up to $4000…
I realize that we are midway through November already but I’ve had so many wins lately that I just had to share! As of today my credit score jumped 37 points and I’m almost at 700! Last month I was able to pay off my second credit card completely (2 left!) and they upped my…
I’m going to be honest, I’ve been dreading writing this post. August was hands down the hardest month I’ve had this year and my spending was out of control trying to make myself feel better (news flash: it didn’t!) But I just saw the amount of my first paycheck at my new job and I…
I’m late! So much has been happening and I decided to give myself a break from blogging for a week or two until things settled down. I ended up passing all four of my Florida Teaching Certification Exams the first time (truly unexpected, even for how much I studied!) and that immediately opened up a…
Can you believe it’s July already? June was somehow incredibly long and yet flew right by. I have been living in my new house for a month already, and there’s no question that it a huge upgrade in my quality of life. I actually enjoy being at home now. It’s a beautiful respite after a…
An Australian Working Holiday visa is available for people from the US 18-30 (other countries may have different age requirements) and is good for up to twelve months. It costs about $320 USD to apply and most applications are processed within 2 months. To contrast that, a visa application in New Zealand is only about…
While working on this post I started looking at budget blogs (like CaitFlanders.com) and minimalism podcasts (like Frugal Friends Podcast) and I went through all my to-do lists (so many lists) and crossed out anything that involved buying new stuff. I really let myself get so wrapped up in my fantasy mason jar zero-waste lifestyle…