wanderlust |

Annoying story in NYT’s Frugal Traveller blog about female solo travelers. Read it if you want to utterly waste five minutes.

career asking |

My first (part time) salary negotiation!

June 24. Day 359.

Here’s a brief rundown of my financial situation, as of this month. Grad school stipend has dried up. Savings cover the essentials, plus the occasional (read: rare) side project.

But I need to find the cash for extras, like all that coffee I drink. And jeans. And tango night!!

Which means I need more [...]

career asking |

My first (part time) salary negotiation!

June 24. Day 359.

Here’s a brief rundown of my financial situation, as of this month. Grad school stipend has dried up. Part time work and savings cover the essentials.

But I need to find the cash for extras, like all that coffee I drink. And jeans. And tango night!!

Which means I need more work.

I posted a [...]

asking online |

Improve my credit score?

June 23. Day 358.

Today I emailed a reporter in response to a query I read online. Danielle Gorman, who writes for Money Magazine, was interested in finding people in their 20’s and 30’s with questions about their credit scores, and that would be me.

I recently signed up with Credit Karma, which gives you your score [...]

asking for others |

Asking RX

June 22. Day 357.

I met a friend for a glass of wine this afternoon. She is an ear nose & throat doctor, and she has received an out of the blue job offer from a coveted institution.

“Do you know what the offered salary is?” I cut to the chase.

“Yes.”

“Better than your job now?”

“Not by [...]