I loved reading about your journey and your methodical way of assessing things such as with your spreadsheet. You also have such beautiful phrases sprinkled throughout your essay like "it’s important to know your runway, a fancy way of saying how long you can live without an income" and "Classic Silicon Valley stuff" and "This dusty desert small town could be my Walden Pond." :)
Math behind the madness is a pithy way to show the difficulty of personal finance. Daily life and big life changes are rife with human psychological biases and emotions. Personal finance is a world of logic and numbers. Bridging the gap in any way we can is always the best practice and you did that for yourself. Way to own the uncertainty in a way that empowered your moves.
You also hit some interesting points about savings, investment, and hot tips in the stock market. If you want clearer thinking, or at least less guilty, give the book below a read. It's the single best money mindset book I have ever read. Housel is a gifted writer and hits truly game-changing points in the book.
Also, I'm a big fan of Morgan Housel and Psychology of Money! He is one of the best at mixing the personal with the observational. I feel like we overlap in our personal finance content (Freakonomics too). One day we have to compare notes, I'm sure you have some more great reqs!
Such a great line, Michelle! And I love the startup principles you’re using. I worked at a startup hub for a couple of years and resonate with that thinking.
I loved reading about your journey and your methodical way of assessing things such as with your spreadsheet. You also have such beautiful phrases sprinkled throughout your essay like "it’s important to know your runway, a fancy way of saying how long you can live without an income" and "Classic Silicon Valley stuff" and "This dusty desert small town could be my Walden Pond." :)
Thank you so much for reading and for your kind words Jenny 😊
Math behind the madness is a pithy way to show the difficulty of personal finance. Daily life and big life changes are rife with human psychological biases and emotions. Personal finance is a world of logic and numbers. Bridging the gap in any way we can is always the best practice and you did that for yourself. Way to own the uncertainty in a way that empowered your moves.
You also hit some interesting points about savings, investment, and hot tips in the stock market. If you want clearer thinking, or at least less guilty, give the book below a read. It's the single best money mindset book I have ever read. Housel is a gifted writer and hits truly game-changing points in the book.
https://amzn.to/3gosR2i
Thank you for your kind words!
Also, I'm a big fan of Morgan Housel and Psychology of Money! He is one of the best at mixing the personal with the observational. I feel like we overlap in our personal finance content (Freakonomics too). One day we have to compare notes, I'm sure you have some more great reqs!
Ill take any chance I can get to nerd out about psychology, personal finance, and those two awesome authors! Count me in.
I'm channeling my inner "Bacaj": there's so much "give" in this article, Michelle!
Thank you Chao! I consider that a high compliment 😊
“But there was math behind the madness.”
Such a great line, Michelle! And I love the startup principles you’re using. I worked at a startup hub for a couple of years and resonate with that thinking.
Super helpful of you to break it down for people!
Thank you so much Alexandra ☺️