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Thinking About Selling Goods Online? Here’s a Quick Guide to Getting Started

By Rachel Puryear If you’re interested in flexible, remote income that can allow for traveling and doing other things you enjoy; you’ve probably considered selling goods online. Doing so can be a great way to enable and finance the lifestyle you want – once you’re established at it, of course. Nowadays, getting started selling goods…

Your Most Basic, Yet Powerful Security Source for Traveling

By Rachel Puryear Any traveller, whether experienced or novice, keeps personal security in the back of their minds when taking a trip. We all want safe journeys. On the one hand, fear of bad things happening to us shouldn’t stop us from exploring the world, or doing any other things we’re passionate about. At the…

Q&A: Thoughts on Doing Business With Family

By Rachel Puryear In this post, I will address a hotly debated subject regarding situations where freelancers feel taken advantage of by family members who expect free/cheap services and goods from them. This is a touchy subject that many self-employed people deal with, and has implications both for their personal relationships, as well as for…

Edgewood Park and Preserve in San Carlos, CA

By Rachel Puryear Nestled in the south Peninsula region of the San Francisco Bay Area, is one of the region’s best kept secrets: Edgewood Park and Preserve. If you’re in the area and haven’t hiked this one yet, then you’re in for a treat. This region offers temperate weather, and proximity to plenty of amenities.…

Want to Start a Podcast? A Guide to This Great, Road-Friendly Option

By Rachel Puryear If you want to travel and see the world, and you need a remote means of financially supporting that goal; you have likely considered becoming an influencer online. Financial and personal success of such ventures varies widely, and they usually take time to build. But if you can invest the time and…

What Recently Proposed Student Loan Changes Mean for Borrowers

By Rachel Puryear Student debt, especially where the borrower has trouble keeping up with the payments and interest; eats into the ability to save and invest money. Therefore, progress on student loans which helps borrowers pay less frees up money to build wealth, and is good for greater prosperity. If you or someone you love…

Reproductive Rights are an Economic Issue, as Well as a Human Rights One

By Rachel Puryear On this blog, I’ve previously discussed how eroding reproductive rights in much of the USA gravely threatens personal autonomy and freedom – see here and here and here for these discussions. I’ve also discussed qualitative differences between economic classes beyond just numbers, and how people can build wealth only when they have…

Mojave Desert Beauties, Part 2: Joshua Tree National Park

By Rachel Puryear The Mojave Desert in Southern California is a harsh place to live – but boy, does it have some amazing beauty that makes it well worth the visit. Here are gorgeous places to check out within the park. Be sure to also see the previous post on Death Valley National Park, which…

Rich and Poor – A Quick Guide Beyond the Numbers

By Rachel Puryear We all have a sense of what it means to be rich, poor, or in the middle. Official definitions of rich, poor, and middle tend to be quantitative – that is, determined by how much income one has, and maybe also how much wealth they possess. There are good reasons to create…

Three Gorgeous, Wooded Parks in Oakland, California

By Rachel Puryear Most people familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area don’t exactly associate the city of Oakland with having lots of forests and wildlife – in fact, its reputation is pretty heavily urban. However, this city nonetheless has plenty of awesome, woodsy spots to get away from it all. Here are just three…