My Millennial Pause: Notes on Resting, Widening the Scope, and Getting Ready for What’s Next After a Layoff Last month I got laid off from my anchor gig. I was leading strategy for an open source civic tech… August 28, 2026August 30, 2026
Is $100k the New Minimum Living Wage? Who could live on $3,300 a year? Ask a boomer about the 70s A now removed article went viral in… August 3, 2026August 30, 2026
Sliding Scale and Equity-Adjustment Self-Assessment Calculator Finally! After years of backburnering this task, I built a digital tool to help people decide where they fall on… July 14, 2026July 14, 2026
Student Loan Updates: July 2026 As of July 1 there are big new student loan rules to add to the hellmouth. In summary: There are… July 7, 2026July 14, 2026
Video: 30-minute Master Class on Money I always enjoy getting to speak to groups of people trying to untangle money, work, values, and how to be… May 28, 2026July 30, 2026
Funding a menty b: Budgeting for burnout & mental health leave Mental health needs in the US are huge. In 2024 about 1 in 4 US adults experienced some mental illness,… May 18, 2026May 19, 2026
Ethical Money Issues (wicked problems that people struggle to resolve) I love treating ethical money decisions as wicked problems Money is tricky - and fascinating to me - because it… April 15, 2026June 21, 2026
Have a Nice Life Highlights In 2024 when Pippi and I put out Have a Nice Life: A Career Change Survival Guide, we had no… February 23, 2026March 9, 2026
The cognitive dissonance of work and needing money in this moment I don’t know about you, but working right now feels dissonant. The ratios of purpose -to- activities is off. Why… January 31, 2026February 2, 2026
A DECADE of Ride Free Fearless Money! It’s been 10 years since I started this project in October 2015, and a few things have happened: Multiple right… October 21, 2025October 21, 2025