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Have You Calculated Your Bare Bones Budget?
Job loss. Illness. Family emergency. For the 38 million American households living hand-to-mouth, the sudden inability to bring home a paycheck can be catastrophic. For this reason, many experts agree that an easily accessible (liquid) 3-6 month emergency fund should always be kept handy to cover the essentials. While 3-6 months of expenses tends to […]
Are Music Festivals Only Catering To Rock’s One Percent?
Do you remember your first authentic music festival experience? Mine was the Vans Warped Tour, just outside of Boston, during the summer of 1999. Not yet old enough to drive, my parents dropped my sister and I off near the main gate of the Suffolk Downs racetrack. Despite the uncharacteristically hot and humid weather, we […]
Are Home Warranties Worth It?
Do you feel like you’ve ever been swindled? Been duped into spending your hard-earning dollars on snake oil? That’s how I feel about my home warranty. And apparently I’m not the only one. What exactly is a home warranty? I wasn’t completely sure when I accepted the one year plan that was included with the […]
When Your Parents’ Finances Become Your Business
Quick PSA, guys: Digging my stuff? Be sure to follow Cashville Skyline on Facebook, twitter, Google+, and Pinterest. I wasn’t always so comfortable candidly sharing a detailed report of my quarterly net worth with the world, so I can certainly understand my parents’ hesitancy in openly revealing a complete picture of their financial situation to […]
How Much Money Should I Have Saved By Age 30?
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. With the explosion of social media over the past decade, we’re constantly being shown carefully curated milestones from our family, friends, and acquaintances. It’s completely normal to compare ourselves to others. Especially when it comes to money. It’s one of the reasons my quarterly Net Worth Overshares have been […]
The High Costs of Staying
Top of the Hub, Boston circa 2010. This weekend I made a super quick (and gluttonous) trip to my coastal hometown in Massachusetts, just north of Boston. I enjoyed fresh seafood, early birthday cake, buckets of gnocchi, and visiting with family and friends. It was a 48 hour trip that now feels almost dream-like as […]
Sharing the Local Harvest: Is Joining a CSA Right For You?
Our actual mid-summer CSA 1/4 bushel of produce + meat share + eggs share circa 2012. Peaches, tomatoes, and dill, oh my! Even with all the winter weather we’ve been incessantly pummeled with, it’s hard not to start thinking about spring. Despite the occasional tornado warning and incredibly high pollen count, springtime is one of […]
The Tiny House Movement: Where Do You Fit In?
via mimimotives.com It’s hard not to be inspired by a blog like Little Digs, a site dedicated to living in spaces 500 square feet or smaller. This month, they featured a story about Macy Miller, an architect living in Idaho who spent two years building her beautiful 196 square foot home for only $11,000. She’s […]
