This blog has focused on so many parts of my life over the last two years.
First, it was about getting out of debt and becoming independent after college. Then I started to run and race. I also became more adventurous and tried skydiving, dressing up as a lobster and cycling in a naked parade. I began to dream of traveling. Finally, I quit my job and made that dream a reality.
Here are some of my favorite posts about all of those things.
QUITTING MY JOB
First, it was about getting out of debt and becoming independent after college. Then I started to run and race. I also became more adventurous and tried skydiving, dressing up as a lobster and cycling in a naked parade. I began to dream of traveling. Finally, I quit my job and made that dream a reality.
Here are some of my favorite posts about all of those things.
QUITTING MY JOB
PRE-TRAVEL PREP
- My RTW Packing List
- How I Can Afford to Travel the World
- My RTW Backpack, Round Two: Osprey Farpoint 55
- A One-Way Ticket With My Name On It
- Decluttering & Forging a New Normal
- Itinerary Indecision & Shiny Travel Things
- My RTW Itinerary... and a Game-Changing Video
- Why Travel? Because Everyone Has a Story
- On Vaccines, Health Risks and Overcoming Fear
- The Real Costs of Travel Vaccinations (Brace Yourself)
- 9 Days To Go! Pre-Trip Odds & Ends
- Clearing Out & Going Away
- Final Days at Home: Couchsurfing, Packing & Eating
SERIOUS STUFF
- An Unhurried Life
- WDS: People Who've Changed My Life
- On Letting Go
- You're Allowed a U-Turn
- For Aaron
- Running for Granddad Mills
FUN STUFF
- Fremont Solstice Parade 2011
- Halloween 2010: The Lobster Costume
- Hawaii Video & What to Do on Oahu
- Hurtling Through the Air Toward Certain Death
- NYC, Part I
- NYC, Part II
- NYC, Part III
YEAR-END RECAPS
MONEY AND DEBT
- How I Found an Extra $8,400 in 20 Minutes — Seriously
- Money Troubles, and Why I Love My Mom — how I got started with paying off my debt
- Back to the Beginning — how I got into debt in the first place
- For the Win — finally paying off my credit card
- Before and After — finally paying off my student loan and becoming 100% debt-free
- Patience. Passion. A Plan. — the three keys to my debt-paying success
- The Reasons — why personal finance is so important to me
TIPS FOR GETTING OUT OF DEBT
- Tip #1: Get Organized — Write Everything Down
- Tip #2: Get Angry — Raise a Little Hell
- Tip #3: Get Thee to an ATM — Start Paying with Cash
RUNNING AND CYCLING
RACE RECAPS
Visit the Race Recaps page to read about all the races I've completed, including everything from 5Ks to a full marathon to a triathlon!
MARATHON TRAINING
- Reflections on Marathon Training: What I Did Right
- Marathon Training: 4 Weeks In
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Week 9
- Week 10
- Week 11
- Week 12
- Week 13
- Week 14
- Week 15
- Week 16
- Week 17
- Week 18
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