Road Trips, Parks and Places to See, Making a Living Remotely, Van/RV Life, and How Wealth is Built – and Lost
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…
Read more Want to Start a Podcast? A Guide to This Great, Road-Friendly Option
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…
Read more What Recently Proposed Student Loan Changes Mean for Borrowers
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…
Read more Reproductive Rights are an Economic Issue, as Well as a Human Rights One
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…
Read more Mojave Desert Beauties, Part 2: Joshua Tree National Park
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…
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…
Read more Three Gorgeous, Wooded Parks in Oakland, California
By Rachel Puryear If you live or travel within the United States, the Fourth Amendment might not be something you think about often – that is, until you have to. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution – and its corresponding case law – governs rights regarding police searches and seizures. That is, under…
Read more What Van/Rvers Should Know About the Fourth Amendment
By Rachel Puryear If you’re visiting Yellowstone National Park – which I highly recommend, by the way – make some time to also stop by the neighboring Grand Teton National Park, too, minutes away from Yellowstone. Grand Teton may be less well known that Yellowstone, but that doesn’t mean it deserves to be overlooked –…
By Rachel Puryear You may have heard of affiliate marketing as a great way to independently make money online through your blog or website. In fact, I discussed affiliate marketing in detail in a previous post, and demonstrated an example of how one might market underwear shorts in a blog post. However, the affiliate marketing…
Read more Five Ways to Earn Passive Cash Online Promoting Services
By Rachel Puryear The United States’ first-ever National Park, Yellowstone is a must-see for any parks and nature enthusiast. Here’s what you won’t want to miss when you go there: Grand Prismatic Spring You’ve no doubt seen the arresting photos capturing this vividly multicolored hot spring. Of course, as is usually the case with such…
Free Range Life 