Weekend Reflections 9/24/2018: Baby, Food, Speaking, and Shoutouts!I haven't really kept up with the Weekend Reflections series. But I really should. Amazing things happen every day. This is especially true when you have a little human baby living with you and growing up before your eyes! Speaking of which, I'll start of by talking about some of the milestones that our baby … [Read more...] about Weekend Reflections 9/24/2018: Baby, Food, Speaking, and Shoutouts!
Archives for September 2018
How To Buy Nothing And Earn Thousands Of Credit Card Points
How To Buy Nothing And Earn Thousands Of Credit Card PointsWhat? Buy nothing and still earn thousands of credit card points and miles? How is that even possible? Frequent readers of my blog will notice an interesting dichotomy. On the one hand, I often write about frugality, minimalism, the buy nothing challenge, the buy nothing project, and conscious consumerism. Then on … [Read more...] about How To Buy Nothing And Earn Thousands Of Credit Card Points
Buy Nothing Challenge August Update
Buy Nothing Challenge This post is long overdue. It's already almost the middle of September and I'm finally posting the August update for the buy nothing challenge. Oh well, better late than never I suppose. August was a big month for a few reasons: We bought NO baby stuff We gave away more things than we bought It was my wife's birthday at the end of the … [Read more...] about Buy Nothing Challenge August Update
Is My Portfolio On The Efficient Frontier?
My Portfolio And The Efficient Frontier After publishing Gasem's guest post, I wanted to take a closer look at my investment portfolio to see if it lies on the efficient frontier. As you recall, the efficient frontier is the set of optimal portfolios that offers the highest expected return for a defined level of risk or the lowest risk for a given level of expected … [Read more...] about Is My Portfolio On The Efficient Frontier?
Our Crazy Rich Experience On Singapore Airlines Suites
Singapore Airlines Suites This past weekend, my wife and I finally had the chance to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians. It was the first time in years since we had seen a movie in the theaters. This is due to a combination of our frugality and having a young baby who needs our love and attention 24/7. Now that the baby is almost 6 months old, we feel comfortable leaving her … [Read more...] about Our Crazy Rich Experience On Singapore Airlines Suites
Weekend Reflections 9/2/2018: Labor Day Edition
Weekend Reflections: 9/2/2018 I hope everybody is having a fun and wonderful Labor Day weekend. Summer is almost over and it is starting to get a bit chillier here in California. I am currently out of town and away from my usual computer. Since I generally avoid logging in to public computers, I'm trying something new. Recently, I discovered the Wordpress app. (I know, … [Read more...] about Weekend Reflections 9/2/2018: Labor Day Edition