Money & Risk

I've bought seven online courses in the last three years. Seven. Writing. Marketing. A business course. A coding one I got halfway through. A "build your personal brand" one I'm to...

I've done the math twelve times. Twelve. I have a spreadsheet — tabs, color coding, a section for "scenarios" — that compares renting versus buying across every horizon you can ima...

I've been researching cars for a year. A full year. I know the trims, the engine options, the fuel economy numbers, the resale-value curves. I've watched the reviews — all of them,...

We share a bedroom. We share a lease. We share a dog — his name is Biscuit, and we argue about whose turn it is to walk him with the casual intimacy of people who've already decide...

I know the exact model. I know the specs by heart. I've read every review twice and the bad ones three times, because the bad ones give me an excuse to keep reading. I've watched u...

Sunday afternoon. I'd been doing this thing I do when I'm anxious — the thing where I open my bank app and scroll through the recurring charges like I'm going to find a leak I have...

Phone buzzes. WhatsApp.

It was on sale. Not "clearance rack" on sale — just enough off to make you feel like you're being smart instead of indulgent. I'd been looking at it for months. Opening the page, c...

Here's something weird. I built a small tool because I was annoyed about a problem and thought "surely someone's fixed this" and then realized nobody had. So I fixed it. Put it onl...