Have you heard about a lady who paid $28/mo to live in 2 bed apartment in Greenwich Village? Or another who has an apartment in UES for $150/mo? How did they do it?
Everyone has their own specific way of tracking goals, quantifying their savings rate, and deciding what “success” means to them. They are pursing many different courses in attempts to reach their dreams. I don’t do anything special, but over the past few years, and especially in the past year, I’ve found methods and systems that …
I have been living in New York City for the past 5 years, earning what most people working in tech would consider to be very modest salary for the city. From my calculations, I have made an average of $44,500 a year before taxes over the past 5 years, which has ranged from salaries of …
I have been enjoying my acquaintanceships and friendships with many of you for a year now, but never had a personal finance blog before. Why did I start one now? Few reasons: I’m turning 30 this year. That seemed like a milestone. Especially when we weren’t sure if I was going to live past 22. …
It might come as a shock to many, but Zero had no concept of money when she moved to New York City after graduating college. This was mostly due to the fact that she was raised financially illiterate in an affluent household. Before moving out to NYC, she had, quite frankly, never had to pay …
Time for Zero’s monthly Net Worth and Savings update for January 2019! It’s a start of a brand new year, and I’ve got so many goals to crush! Interested in what I spent money on in January? Go check out the January Spending post! Net Worth: $107,508.94 As mentioned in 2018 Recap post, I do …
For 2019, I will be doing a monthly Net Worth update and Saving update as I have been doing on Instagram for the past year. But since 2018 is done, I figured I’d do a master post for all of 2018. 2018 Net Worth Log 2018 began my Personal Finance journey, and I started the …
I began my “adult” life by moving to New York City at 25, straight out of graduate school without a job or career. Thankfully, I had no student debt (thanks, mom and dad!), and armed with a non-stem master’s degree. Having gotten disillusioned with the reality of public education system, special education in particular, I …