the green chest

Category: Money

  • A post I wrote for Idealist

    Everyone! I’ve been in Cambodia over a month! More reflections on that to come. But for now, I want to share a post I wrote for the awesome social-impact-career-search site Idealist.org. After three layoffs in four years, I’ve become an expert at embracing transition between jobs. I wrote the post to remind myself what I’ve learned…

  • Meal Plan Tuesdays: Join Me!

    Way back when, when I was diving into this whole budget thing, I asked a friend who happens to be a phenomenal accountant to counsel me on saving. She left an impression on me when she said: In order to save, you either need to make more money, or you need to cut down on…

  • Here we go again!

    Hello! I’ve missed you. Really. Guess what? I’m doing this again. What, you ask? Why, a trip. And a (self-induced) savings challenge to support it. But this trip isn’t just any trip. It will be remarkably new and certainly life-changing. I’m traveling to Phnom Penh, Cambodia in the fall to serve as a leadership resident…