Money Infant

Yesterday I had a look at dozens of personal finance bloggers reflecting on their achievements from 2011 in regards to meeting goals and resolutions over the past year. Today I thought I would bring you a roundup of all the new resolutions and goals being made for 2011. If you haven’t already finalized your own resolutions for 2012 these posts may give you some ideas or highlight areas that need attention in your own life. I want to thank all the bloggers featured for taking the time to share with us what’s happening in their lives and what areas they are looking to improve. Continue Reading →

Resolutions are always popular at the beginning of a New Year. Though in my mind there’s no reason not to do them anytime; anyone for a 4th of July resolution? Since I wasn’t blogging here at the beginning of 2011 I don’t have a set of resolutions or goals to look back on and see how I did. All I can say is that I did meet 2 HUGE goals in 2011 and I’m very proud of that.

Goal #1: I quit my 9-5 job on May 23rd.
Goal #2: We moved to Thailand on June 7th Continue Reading →

While this site has been in hibernation over the past 21 months, I have not been hibernating. 2011 has been an amazing year, sometimes a bit unnerving or even distressing, but mostly a great transition. We’ve made some positive forward steps and some negative backward steps, but nothing tragic that can’t be fixed. Here’s some of my highlights for 2011:

- May 23: I quit my job
- June 1: My baby girl turns 1
- June 7: We leave the U.S. and move to Thailand
- June 24: New apartment and start to settle in
- July through November: Just getting acclimated to the new surroundings and culture. First 2 months many frustrations, by October things have settled down. By November I am getting bored and ready to dive into some work. Created travelpizza.com and then realized it’s not really what I want to do.
- December: After considering several options, decided that the writing I did here was some of the most interesting and compelling (for me anyway) that I have done. Decision made to rededicate myself to helping others avoid my mistakes. Plus it will be helpful for me since I have slid back into some old habits that are better left in the past. Continue Reading →