When I was a tender eight years old–and had already been saving my weekly allowances for three years–my mom took me to the bank to open my first savings account. The banker must have had to force back a laugh when I self-importantly opened my change purse and pulled out $63 in $1 bills! (My mom had helped me convert my quarters into bills earlier that week.)
Every since I was little, I was what some might call an extreme saver. It was incredibly difficult for me to justify spending money on anything for myself that isn’t objectively necessary (think food, shampoo, a winter coat, etc). This was fine when I was younger and my parents paid for most of my expenses anyways. But now that I’m older and financially independent from my parents, I’ve had to rethink my views on money and necessity, and more broadly investing in myself.… Read More »
Oh… hi! I’m, uh, back? And want to write about wedding stuff even though I said I didn’t want to do that anymore? I realized that I really enjoyed writing about our planning process and missed it so I wanted to drop in with an update. I also scrubbed my old wedding posts of names and made them public again, so there’s that. If you want to read freely about 
Being able to say that you’re busy is a great source of pride in this day and age. I can’t begin to count the number of blog posts I’ve read in the past year that start off with something along the lines of, “Another crazyyy busy week here in the Smith household! I worked 120 hours on my business, secured 87 new sponsorships that I am SO excited to share with y’all, read 25 novels and ran a marathon yesterday! How’s this week treated you?”
Hello all! Today I’m dropping in to make you aware of some changes to the blog. Also, I wanted to talk a little bit about minimizing one’s online presence in general, which has been a focus of mine lately.… 
I’m a chronic overthinker. Always have been, always will be. And lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what exactly this blog is about. Today I’m going to write more about why I blog.…