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2018 calendar

January 10, 2019

Last Year Was My Best Year Ever

Last year was my best year ever. In fact, I bought a book called “Your Best Year Ever: A 5 Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals” by Michael Hyatt. It’s full of action plans, check boxes and templates….

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March 21, 2018

Alumni Ventures Group

People, I am all over the place. I normally don’t have a long commute, but today I was in Redwood Shores for a conference. Then I’ll be back that way again tomorrow morning for a meeting in Palo Alto. Last…

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March 2, 2018

The Best Credit Card Ever: Citi Double Cash

I put everything that I can on my credit card. Girl Scout cookies, recurring payments, whatever. If I could put my mortgage on my credit card, I would! This is the best credit card ever. The Citi Double Cash credit…

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March 1, 2018

Farewell Apartment, I Will Miss You

Throwback Thursday post Dear 757 Sutter Street #305, San Francisco, CA 94109, Every day that I walk into the apartment, I feel so blessed to call you home. Despite the grittiness of the surrounding Lower Nob Hill neighborhood, you are…

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September 8, 2017

How to Retire at 55 Years Old

Ditch the Rugrats If you want to retire by the time you’re 55 years old, don’t have kids. If we didn’t have a child, I could retire right now and blog all day for fun. For real. Believe me, I love…

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May 31, 2017

Buy from Bed Bath & Beyond

I did some comparison shopping: Amazon, Walgreens (which is the West Coast equivalent of CVS), and Bed Bath & Beyond and can confirm that you save the most if you shop for your toiletries at Bed Bath & Beyond and…

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October 18, 2016

What I Do with My Money

OMG my work life is nutzo. I promised myself I’d take a vacation day to recuperate, yet I don’t even have time to go to the bathroom. Even then, I’m reading and responding to emails while I’m on the potty. Can…

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December 14, 2015

9 Finance Tasks to Complete Before the End of the Year

1. Give to your favorite charity/charities. Not only is this the season of giving, but giving is proven to be beneficial to your well-being. Further, charitable donations reduce your taxable income. You can also donate household items to Goodwill or…

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April 16, 2015

Real Estate Investing 101

I couldn’t sleep last night. I’m a light sleeper to begin with, more like a nervous sleeper as I’m always thinking about the stress in my life. And recent developments could seriously alter our future. We are on the hunt…

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January 29, 2015

How to Land an Apartment in San Francisco

In the dog-eat-dog world of San Francisco, it’s not about finding an apartment (if you can afford the rent), but whether you can convince the landlord to pick you out of a stack of rental applications that read like Silicon…

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